Dorsey – DOJ Creates New “Enforcement & Affirmative Litigation Branch” to Enforce “Federal Policies”

The Administration’s muscular, policy-driven enforcement efforts will now get a new branch within the Department of Justice’s Civil Division, likely forecasting more civil litigation against those organizations misaligned with “Federal policies.”

The press release identifies two “enforcement priorities” for which EAL will be responsible, including:

• “Protecting women and children from pharmaceutical companies, health care providers, and medical associations profiting off of false and misleading claims related to so-called gender transition”; and
• “Ending sanctuary jurisdiction laws, policies, and practices that impede federal immigration enforcement and make Americans less safe in their communities.”

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