CITY OF PROVIDENCE v. BARR

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian H. Pandya , Deputy Associate Attorney General, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, with whom Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Aaron L. Weisman , United States Attorney, and Daniel Tenny and Brad Hinshelwood , Attorneys, Appellate Staff, were on brief, for appellants.

Jeffrey Dana , City Solicitor, with whom Megan Maciasz DiSanto , Senior Assistant City Solicitor, and Etie-Lee Z. Schaub , Associate City Solicitor, were on brief, for appellee City of Providence.

Matthew Jerzyk , City Solicitor, for appellee City of Central Falls.

Peter F. Neronha , Attorney General of Rhode Island, Michael W. Field , Assistant Attorney General, Letitia James , Attorney General of New York, Barbara D. Underwood , Solicitor General, Anisha S. Dasgupta , Deputy Solicitor General, Eric R. Haren , Special Counsel, Linda Fang , Assistant Solicitor General, Xavier Becerra , Attorney General of California, Phil Weiser , Attorney General of Colorado, William Tong , Attorney General of Connecticut, Kathleen Jennings , Attorney General of Delaware, Kwame Raoul , Attorney General of Illinois, Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General of Maryland, Maura Healey , Attorney General of Massachusetts, Dana Nessel , Attorney General of Michigan, Keith Ellison , Attorney General of Minnesota, Aaron D. Ford , Attorney General of Nevada, Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General of New Jersey, Hector Balderas , Attorney General of New Mexico, Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General of Oregon, Thomas J. Donovan, Jr. , Attorney General of Vermont, Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General of Washington, and Karl A. Racine , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, on brief for states of New York, Rhode Island, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington and the District of Columbia, amici curiae.

Omar C. Jadwat , Lee Gelernt , New York, NY, Cody Wofsy , San Francisco, CA, Spencer E. Amdur , My Khanh Ngo , American Civil Liberties Union, Mark Fleming , Katherine E. Melloy Goettel , National Immigrant Justice Center, Nicholas Trott Long , Providence, RI, and ACLU Foundation of Rhode Island on brief for American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, National Immigrant Justice Center, National Immigration Law Center, Washington Defender Association, Southern Poverty Law Center, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice, amici curiae.

Before Barron, Circuit Judge, Souter, Associate Justice, and Selya, Circuit Judge.