Officials within Idaho’s Department of Health and Welfare were sued over the implementation of a new state law imposing immigration status verification requirements on beneficiaries of several federally-funded public programs, including services to treat HIV.
The law allegedly violates the supremacy clause because it’s “in direct conflict” with and preempted by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act and other federal immigration statutes that “occupy the field of noncitizen eligibility and verification for federal public benefits,” according to a complaint filed Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Idaho.
A spokesperson for Idaho Attorney General Raúl ...
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