“In my view, however, the harm caused by burdening or disenfranchising even a few lawful voters outweighs the nonexistent harm that the Government experiences when it is prevented from taking an action that it likely lacks the authority to take.
Officials
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Eleanor Norton
Representative (DC)D
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Muriel Bowser
Mayor of the District of Columbia (DC)D
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Jeanine Pirro
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia (DC)R
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Joshua Craddock
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel (DC)R
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T. Elliot Gaiser
Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel (DC)R
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Ketanji Brown Jackson
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (DC)O
Recent statements
“Congress wrote this requirement plainly. When a state chooses to participate in TANF, it accepts the obligation to report illegal aliens in the United States.
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Re: The Justice Department Withdraws a Clinton-Era Opinion and Tells Every Agency of Every State — DMVs and Public Universities Included — to Report Undocumented Immigrants to DHS or Put $76 Billion in Welfare Money at RiskJoshua Craddock
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel (DC)R
“Our clarification does not impose new obligations on states. It simply restores the original meaning of the statute Congress enacted and ensures that DHS receives the information it is legally entitled to.
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Re: The Justice Department Withdraws a Clinton-Era Opinion and Tells Every Agency of Every State — DMVs and Public Universities Included — to Report Undocumented Immigrants to DHS or Put $76 Billion in Welfare Money at RiskJoshua Craddock
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel (DC)R
“The mandatory reporting obligations … thus apply to all agencies within a state that participates in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Supplemental Security Income programs subject to those requirements. States remain free to reevaluate their participation in TANF or SSI going forward in view of today’s opinion.
“What IndyCar brings to local DC: 140,000 daily fans bringing their dollars into our local economy. Supporting hospitality workers, boosting our local businesses, and generating revenue that goes back into our world-class city services throughout all eight wards.
“Today, a grand jury has returned a felony indictment against a defendant, David Hearn, for felony destruction of property, for which he faces 10 years in prison.
“This unchecked vandalism and civil disorder turns into criminal behaviour, and that's why we're here today.
“The evidence shows, we will prove beyond a reasonable doubt, that Hearn willfully destroyed property at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.