Judicial Watch announced itfiled a lawsuit in the Superior Court
of California County of Los Angeles on behalf of two California
taxpayers, Robin Crest and Howard Myers, asking the court to stop the
state from expending $75 million of taxpayer funds to provide direct
cash assistance to unlawfully present aliens (Crest et al. v. Newsom
et al. (No. 20STCV16321)).

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: 202-646-5188
April 30, 2020
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Judicial Watch Sues California to Stop Governor Newsom’s Initiative
to Provide $75 Million in Cash Benefits to Illegal Aliens

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(WASHINGTON, DC) – Judicial Watch announced itfiled
a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles
on behalf of two California taxpayers, Robin Crest and Howard Myers,
asking the court to stop the state from expending $75 million of
taxpayer funds to provide direct cash assistance to unlawfully present
aliens (_Crest et al. v. Newsom et al._
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(No.
20STCV16321)). The lawsuit alleges California Governor Gavin Newsom
overstepped his authority and violated federal law when, without
affirmative state legislative approval, he took executive action to
create the “Disaster Relief Assistance for Immigrants Project” and
provide cash benefits to illegal aliens who otherwise are ineligible
for state or federal insurance or other benefits due to their unlawful
presence in the United States.

On April 15, 2020, Governor Newsom announced his new executive
initiative to provide direct assistance in the form of cash benefits
to illegal aliens. The initiative, known as the “Disaster Relief
Fund” or the “Disaster Relief Assistance for Immigrants
Project,” would spend $75 million to provide direct cash payments to
illegal aliens and cost an estimated additional $4.8 million to
administer. Governor Newsom’s executive initiative would provide
one-time cash benefits of $500 per adult / $1,000 per household to
150,000 unlawfully present aliens in California. These benefits are
not provided to U.S. citizens residing in the state.

Under federal immigration law, 8 U.S.C. § 1621(a), unlawfully present
aliens generally are ineligible for State or local public benefits.
Section 1621(d) requires a state legislature to enact a state law
which affirmatively provides for such benefits for illegal aliens:

> A State may provide that an alien who is not lawfully present in the
> United States is eligible for any State or local public benefit …
> only through the enactment of a State law … which affirmatively
> provides for such eligibility.
The lawsuit alleges that the California State Legislature has not
enacted any law that affirmatively provides that unlawfully present
aliens are eligible for the $75 million of cash public benefits
announced by Newsom.

The lawsuit seeks to enjoin California “from providing $75 million
of taxpayer funds to unlawfully present aliens in violation of federal
law and expending an estimated additional $4.8 million of taxpayer
funds as well as additional taxpayer-financed resources on the
administration of those payments.”

“Governor Newsom has no legal authority on his own to spend state
taxpayer money for cash payments to illegal aliens,” said Judicial
Watch President Tom Fitton. “The coronavirus challenge doesn’t
give politicians a pass to violate the law. If California politicians
want to give cash payments to illegal aliens, they must be accountable
and transparent, and, as federal law requires, pass a law to do
so.”

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