Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and 10 other state attorneys general pushed back against a memorandum from the U.S. Department of Justice seeking to use state and local law enforcement to implement the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
Attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont issued a joint statement, claiming the “commandeering” of state and local police is unconstitutional.