The coalition of Attorneys General filed a lawsuit challenging the Executive Order in April 2025, secured a preliminary injunction blocking unlawful provisions of the Executive Order in June 2025, and successfully defeated the Trump Administration’s motion to dismiss in September 2025.
Source: N.M. Department of Justice
Albuquerque, NM – Attorney General Raúl Torrez issued the following statement today after the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted a motion for a permanent injunction requested by Attorney General Torrez as part of a coalition of 19 attorneys general, and blocked key provisions of Executive Order No. 14248 from taking effect, including requiring documentary proof of citizenship requirements to vote.
“Being able to freely cast your vote is at the heart of our democracy, and I will continue fighting to protect that right for all New Mexicans,” said New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez. “This was nothing more than an unconstitutional attempt by the president to seize control of our elections and circumvent the will of the people. By upholding the separation of powers, the court has protected the integrity of our electoral system and ensured that any significant changes to voting procedures must follow the proper legislative and constitutional pathways. Safeguarding access to the ballot box—while maintaining secure and orderly elections—requires careful, collaborative policymaking, not abrupt federal mandates that risk disenfranchising eligible voters.”
Issued by President Trump on March 25, 2025, Executive Order No. 14248 attempted to conscript state election officials in the President’s campaign to impose documentary proof of citizenship requirements for voter registration, force States to ignore mail ballots that are cast by Election Day but received by election officials just days afterward and withhold various streams of federal funding from the States if they fail to comply.
The coalition of Attorneys General filed a lawsuit challenging the Executive Order in April 2025, secured a preliminary injunction blocking unlawful provisions of the Executive Order in June 2025, and successfully defeated the Trump Administration’s motion to dismiss in September 2025. The coalition filed a motion for a permanent injunction in December 2025, and the court heard oral argument in February 2026.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford co-led the filing of the April 2025 lawsuit. Joining them and Attorney General Torrez were the attorneys general of Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
In April 2026, Attorney General Torrez also joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania in challenging Executive Order No. 14399, the second elections-related Executive Order issued by President Trump. Executive Order No. 14399 attempts to interfere with States’ constitutional authority to administer elections by restricting voter eligibility and mail voting to lists of voters pre-authorized by the federal government. The coalition filed a motion for summary judgment later in April 2026 in order to permanently block those changes, which the court has yet to rule on.
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