Chicago (WLS) – Baltimore and San Francisco are among the cities that join Chicago in a lawsuit on Monday night, aiming to prevent the Trump administration from continuing the digestive channel of the federal government.
The lawsuit calls for the release of dozens of federal employees unconstitutional and the issue of presidential transgression.
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On February 11, President Donald Trump, accompanied by Elon Musk, issued an executive order to “transform the federal bureaucracy”, saying they were finding “billions and billions of dollars of waste, fraud and abuse.”
Since then, tens of thousands of federal employees have been demobilized, including many cities such as Chicago dependent on them. For this reason, the city joined an alliance of unions, non -profit organizations and other municipalities in a lawsuit aimed at preventing those workers from continuing.
“The Congress has created these federal agencies. He funded them. But the president tries to launch all these people and penetrates these agencies that Congress created. This is a violation of our constitution,” said Steve Kane, the Vice -lawyer of the Chicago City Corporation.
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Kane says that the demobilization of workers, especially those in the centers of control and prevention of diseases, already have an effect, as the city lost an important ally in tracking infectious diseases. Kane pointed out their role in tracking and controlling modern measles and spreading MPOX in Chicago.
“The city will have to double its efforts and do everything possible, but when we lose these types of resources, it puts us in a very difficult place,” Kane said.
The lawsuit seeks a preliminary judicial order that stops shooting so that the case can be heard completely. But any action will not be immediate. The city's lawyer estimates that it may be anywhere from four to six weeks before the judge appointed their ruling.
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