BREAKING: CA Supreme Court Orders Gov. Newsom To Respond To Emergency Writ Seeking To Halt Unemployment Benefits To State’s Undocumented Immigrants

BREAKING: CA Supreme Court Orders Gov. Newsom to Respond to Emergency Writ Seeking to Halt Unemployment Benefits to State’s Undocumented Immigrants

‘This is not a slush fund for the Governor to spend as he sees fit’

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By Katy Grimes, April 23, 2020 6:17 pm

While more than 3 million California citizens are hoping for and awaiting state unemployment benefits because of Governor Gavin Newsom’s order for statewide lockdown, the governor announced last week he was extending $75 million to undocumented immigrants to be passed-through unnamed regional non-profit associations.

However, the Center for American Liberty’s lawsuit, in coordination with The Dhillon Law Group, filed an emergency petition with the California Supreme Court Wednesday asking the Court to immediately halt Governor Newsom’s appropriation of $75 million to the undocumented immigrants.

As attorney Mark Meuser with the Center for American Liberty and the Dhillon Law Group explained, the federal government and California both have statutes which prohibit providing unemployment benefits to undocumented immigrants, and violates the state’s Constitution.

“We are asking the court on an emergency basis to rule that Gavin Newsom not be allowed to expend these funds,” Meuser said.

Thursday, the California Supreme Court challenged Gov. Newsom’s overreach and ordered the governor and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to respond to the Center for American Liberty’s emergency Writ.