ATTORNEY GENERAL BONTA BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S CRUEL EFFORT TO RESTRICT ACCESS TO PUBLIC BENEFIT PROGRAMS

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 21 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:

OAKLAND- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, alongside a multistate coalition, secured a final court order (https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/114-prwora-cross-msj-ruling.pdf)blocking the Trump Administration'scruel restrictions onaccess to public benefit programs based on immigration status. At-risk programs included Head Start, childcare services for low-income families, adult education, mental health and substance use disorder programs, and shelters forunderservedyouth and domestic violence survivors. In today's summary judgment order, the U.S. DistrictCourt for the District of Rhode Island found that the rest...