Three More States and San Francisco Sue Trump Over Orders

Healey calls Trump’s immigrant ban ‘harmful, discriminatory’
San Francisco files first sanctuary city case against Trump

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, center, takes questions from reporters during a news conference on, Jan. 31, in Boston. Healey is joining a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts challenging President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration.
Photographer: Steven Senne/AP

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By Erik Larson and Kartikay Mehrotra

January 31, 2017 at 6:41 PM UTC

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January 31, 2017 at 10:46 PM UTC

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New York, Massachusetts and Virginia joined lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning immigration from seven Middle Eastern countries, adding legal firepower and resources to litigation bound to have national impact.

Also on Tuesday, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to sue Trump over another executive order threatening funding cuts to so-called sanctuary cities, claiming it violates immigrants’ rights and that the municipality is protected by the 10th amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees state rights.