Govenor Gavin Newsom launched the $125 million coronavirus relief fund in an effort to support people whose citizenship status makes them ineligible for federal stimulus payments.
“Under the Constitution, U.S. citizens cannot be discriminated against based on alienage,” explains Mary McCord, lead attorney for the class-action suit. “These children have no say in who they’re born to.”
Just days after the Trump administration announced its decision to end DACA, thousands of immigrants and their allies rallied in protest and solidarity outside the Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York City.
