Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law in 2019 during Trump’s first term. It opened the door to thousands of people with and without legal status to obtain identification and driving privileges in New York by allowing them to use certain foreign documents, like a passport, to prove their identity.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s newly installed attorney general, Pam Bondi, went after New York leaders Wednesday over the state’s immigration policies, announcing a lawsuit in the latest effort by the Republican administration to carry out the president’s hardline immigration campaign pledges.