Trump's statements undercut law enforcement's efforts to build community bridges, not to mention parents' efforts to convince their children that they are an equal part of the American fabric.
The House's campaign to undercut environmental laws has now migrated to the Senate.
Some departments may even be willing to undercut new laws.
But Ms. Ching said that the lack of new financing would undercut the law's effectiveness.
Missouri and Ohio, two other states troubled by the Affordable Care Act, have also moved to undercut the law and its insurance exchanges, set to open on Oct. 1.
"Everyone's gotten a pass, and Obama has really completely undercut the law and its intent," said Jo Becker, children's rights advocacy director for Human Rights Watch.
These riders would not only serve special interests in the familiar manner of the pork-barrel riders that lard the bill, but also undercut basic law.
"Strong social ties between employers and public officials at the local level further undercut the law's effectiveness," the report added.
"This application is the first formal attempt to undercut this law," said Ms. Meyland, who helped write it when she was co-executive director of the State Legislative Commission on Water Resource Needs of Long Island.
Representatives of environmental groups who have seen the draft legislation said that the change, achieved by redefining the word "conservation," would severely undercut the law.
