{"id":78626,"date":"2017-03-07T23:35:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T04:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=78626"},"modified":"2017-03-07T22:37:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T03:37:23","slug":"schneiderman-issues-statement-on-trump-immigration-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=78626","title":{"rendered":"Schneiderman issues statement on Trump immigration ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=70131\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70131\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-70131\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Attorny_General_Eric_T_Schneiderman.jpg?resize=260%2C221\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Attorny_General_Eric_T_Schneiderman.jpg?w=260&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Attorny_General_Eric_T_Schneiderman.jpg?resize=150%2C128&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;\">Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman issued the following statement:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em>\u201cCourts across the country have made clear: President Trump is not above the Constitution.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em>While the White House may have made changes to the ban, the intent to discriminate against Muslims remains clear. This doesn\u2019t just harm the families caught in the chaos of President Trump\u2019s draconian policies \u2013 it\u2019s diametrically opposed to our values, and makes us less safe.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em>&#8220;My office is closely reviewing the new executive order, and I stand ready to litigate &#8212; again &#8212; in order to protect New York\u2019s families, institutions, and economy.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Last month, Attorney General Schneiderman <a href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTcwMzA2LjcwNzU4NTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE3MDMwNi43MDc1ODU5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTA4NzM4JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyZ29AbTNwbWVkaWEuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1tYXJnb0BtM3BtZWRpYS5jb20mdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/ag-schneiderman-files-suit-against-president-trumps-unconstitutional-immigration\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com:80\/track?type%3Dclick%26enid%3DZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTcwMzA2LjcwNzU4NTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE3MDMwNi43MDc1ODU5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTA4NzM4JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyZ29AbTNwbWVkaWEuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1tYXJnb0BtM3BtZWRpYS5jb20mdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY%3D%26%26%26100%26%26%26https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/ag-schneiderman-files-suit-against-president-trumps-unconstitutional-immigration&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1489014123741000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHE9f2iwXhenzKSAQJqhJvSYCNkHQ\">filed suit against President Trump\u2019s original immigration ban<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTcwMzA2LjcwNzU4NTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE3MDMwNi43MDc1ODU5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTA4NzM4JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyZ29AbTNwbWVkaWEuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1tYXJnb0BtM3BtZWRpYS5jb20mdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;101&amp;&amp;&amp;https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/coalition-18-attorneys-general-file-amicus-brief-supporting-washington-states-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com:80\/track?type%3Dclick%26enid%3DZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTcwMzA2LjcwNzU4NTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE3MDMwNi43MDc1ODU5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTA4NzM4JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyZ29AbTNwbWVkaWEuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1tYXJnb0BtM3BtZWRpYS5jb20mdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY%3D%26%26%26101%26%26%26https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/coalition-18-attorneys-general-file-amicus-brief-supporting-washington-states-lawsuit&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1489014123741000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE6ZsDYC-cS_FulD-G0jLI0p7kZ9Q\">led a coalition of Attorneys General that opposed the ban in courts across the country<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman issued the following statement: \u201cCourts across the country have made clear: President Trump is not above the Constitution. While the White House may have made changes to the ban, the intent to discriminate against Muslims remains clear. This doesn\u2019t just harm the families caught in the chaos of President Trump\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23811,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-ksa","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Attorny_General_Eric_T_Schneiderman.jpg?fit=260%2C221&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}