"City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced today that he had filed a federal lawsuit against US Attorney General Jefferson Sessions over Sessions’ decision to rescind civil rights protections for youth, immigrants, the poor, people of color and people with disabilities," the release said.
The lawsuit deals with 25 Department of Justice guidance documents that Sessions rescinded in December of 2017.
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"The Trump administration is trying to gut protections for the poor, people of color and people with disabilities under the guise of regulatory reform," Herrera is quoted as saying in the release.
Herrera's office filed the lawsuit in order to force the Justice Department to reinstate the six guidance documents, the release said.
