Democratic state attorneys general begin Trump pushback

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington became the first state to sue the Trump administration with a filing Monday over the president's executive order restricting refugees and immigration.

Since Donald Trump was elected president, Democratic state attorneys general have been forming a coordinated wall of legal resistance over immigration, environmental protections, health care and other major issues.

Schneiderman has given model legislation to local governments in New York showing them how to become sanctuary cities that would refuse to cooperate with federal authorities on some immigration enforcement matters.

The administration says such action is needed to protect the country from terrorist attacks.

Since it was issued, the White House has said people from the banned countries who have permission to work in the U.S. can enter.

[...] some wrote Trump calling for him to keep former President Barack Obama's clean power plan in place and to oppose weakening a federal agency in charge of consumer financial protection.

Republican attorneys general sued President Obama over his health insurance overhaul minutes after he signed it and over his rules to limit power plant emissions even before the details were final.