Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum (D).

Attorneys with the Oregon Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Wednesday over the president's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Filings submitted in federal court in New York City make Oregon one party among 15 other states and their attorneys general to jointly file the lawsuit, said Oregon Department of Justice spokeswoman Kristina Edmunson.

They argue that ending the DACA program is "fundamentally unfair" and violates the due process rights of Mexicans enrolled in the Obama-era program. They also include a section in the suit outlining President Trump's incendiary remarks about Mexicans.

"As President Trump's statements about Mexico and those with Mexican roots show, the President has demonstrated a willingness to disparage Mexicans in a misguided attempt to secure support from his constituency, even when such impulses are impermissible motives for directing governmental policy," the attorneys general said.

The DACA program, which allows people brought into the U.S. illegally as children to obtain renewable deportation reprieves, will end in six months, the administration announced Tuesday.

More than 11,000 in Oregon and 800,000 nationwide are enrolled in the program.

The lawsuit makes good on threats of legal action from Ellen Rosenblum, the Oregon attorney general. Rosenblum, a Democrat, spoke in defense of the program at a Portland rally Tuesday, and warned of the possibility of a lawsuit.

-- Gordon R. Friedman

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