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WASHINGTON, D. C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced today that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has settled a lawsuit filed by two customers of the District’s Department of Human Services (DHS). The settlement will bolster the agency’s ability to serve customers who speak languages other than English and provides DHS with ongoing assistance in reviewing and improving its language access policies and practices.

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that 20 Attorneys General have joined him in supporting Statehood for the District of Columbia. In a first-of-its-kind statement issued ahead of D.C.’s April 16th celebration of Emancipation Day, the Attorneys General affirm that District residents deserve voting rights and autonomy and urge Congress to pass H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, a bill introduced by Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton that would make D.C. statehood a reality.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced today they are co-leading a group of 22 state Attorneys General in opposing efforts by the Trump administration to severely restrict the amount of time international students are allowed to stay in the United States.

WASHINGTON, D. C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing a friend-of-the-court brief seeking to stop the Trump administration’s attempt to strip longtime residents of their rights to live and work in the United States, making them subject to possible deportation. The amicus brief, filed in the Ramos v. Nielsen case before the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Attorney General Karl A. Racine – a Haitian immigrant – and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul – born to Haitian parents – urged the President and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to redesignate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and protect Haitian residents in the United Statesfrom being forced to return to dangerous, potentially life-threatening conditions.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a coalition of 21 states in opposing an unlawful Trump administration effort to obstruct asylum seekers from applying for work permits. The coalition filed a comment letter with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arguing that its proposed rule introduces delays, confusion, and unnecessary administrative burdens into the work permit and asylum application processes.

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that his office filed a friend-of-the-court brief asserting that residents of the District of Columbia deserve full voting rights and are harmed by their lack of congressional representation. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) filed the amicus brief in support of a lawsuit brought by a group of District residents who allege that Congress’s refusal to grant them representation violates their constitutional rights.

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Attorney General Karl A. Racine, along with his counterparts from California and Massachusetts, today led a group of 21 State Attorneys General in challenging the Trump administration’s effort to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals. If the administration is allowed to move forward, Haitian TPS holders in the District and other states would lose their legal status, leaving them vulnerable to deportation.

WASHINGTON, D. C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine yesterday filed comments strongly opposing a proposed Trump Administration rule that could force thousands of legal immigrants in the District and millions nationwide to risk their future legal immigration status if they access basic services for themselves and their families.