Washington Attorney General Nick Brown has joined a coalition of 21 states and the District of Columbia in filing a federal lawsuit to block a new Department of Homeland Security regulation governing immigration admissions.
State legal teams have consolidated their filings to emphasize common institutional harms across all participating jurisdictions.
By treating temporary assistance as an indicator of permanent dependency, the regulation penalizes immigrant workers during transient economic downturns, undermining workforce participation and creating an unworkable standard for individuals striving to achieve financial independence.
Local governments from across the nation, joined by Chicago, San Francisco, and New York City, submitted separate pleadings in the same federal district court to illustrate direct municipal harms.
The 2019 rule triggered years of complex litigation across multiple federal circuits, resulting in conflicting nationwide injunctions before appellate courts eventually vacated the policy.
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown joins a 22-state coalition in Manhattan federal court to halt a new DHS public charge rule penalizing immigrant families for accessing Medicaid, food assistance, and housing.