00:00The political battles are being fought in the courtroom as a handful of US states and judges push back against the Trump administration.
00:07Nineteen Democratic Attorney Generals filed lawsuits to stop the Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE,
00:13led by Elon Musk from accessing Treasury Department records.
00:17They contain sensitive personal information belonging to tens of millions of Americans, including addresses and social security numbers.
00:25This unelected group led by the world's richest man is not authorized to have this information and
00:32they explicitly sought this unauthorized access to illegally block payments that millions of Americans rely on.
00:40We are suing to stop this
00:43unprecedented and
00:45unauthorized attack and to protect your personal information.
00:51It's not the only legal fight facing the White House.
00:55The city of San Francisco is launching its own lawsuit, hours after US officials ordered an end to certain grants for sanctuary cities.
01:02These tend to be Democratic-run areas whose laws protect unauthorized immigrants from deportation or prosecution.
01:10The purpose of our local sanctuary laws is not to interfere with or impede lawful federal immigration enforcement.
01:18But let me say this.
01:20Immigration enforcement is the federal government's responsibility.
01:25Not the responsibility of state and local governments.
01:28Sanctuary policies prioritize using our scarce local law enforcement resources to actually fight crime.
01:36The Trump administration is also being sued by three states over its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people under 19.
01:44And a federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump's plan to push out federal employees by offering them financial incentives.
01:51The White House has yet to comment on these cases.
01:54But as Trump continues to push the boundaries of what is legally and constitutionally acceptable, this could be just the start of the legal hurdles.
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