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In May 2018, Landry joined the attorneys general of six other states, [[Alabama]], [[Arkansas]], [[Nebraska]], [[South Carolina]], [[Texas]], and [[West Virginia]],  in a lawsuit which seeks to overturn permanently the [[DACA]] or "dreamers" immigration policy, which was launched by executive order of then President [[Barack H. Obama]]. The program protects from deportation young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children. Landry said that "the Obama administration pushed through DACA to fit their political narrative, and this lawsuit seeks to undo that unlawful action. We are a nation of laws, not of men, and we must act in a way that respects the process of legal citizenship," Landry said.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/05/02/ag-jeff-landry-dreamers-violate-constitution/572361002/|title=AG Jeff Landry: "Dreamers' violate the Constitution|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=May 2, 2018|author=Greg Hilburn}}</ref> Meanwhile, President [[Donald Trump]] has been blocked by federal courts from ending the policy.

In May 2018, Landry joined the attorneys general of six other states, [[Alabama]], [[Arkansas]], [[Nebraska]], [[South Carolina]], [[Texas]], and [[West Virginia]],  in a lawsuit which seeks to overturn permanently the [[DACA]] or "dreamers" immigration policy, which was launched by executive order of then President [[Barack H. Obama]]. The program protects from deportation young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children. Landry said that "the Obama administration pushed through DACA to fit their political narrative, and this lawsuit seeks to undo that unlawful action. We are a nation of laws, not of men, and we must act in a way that respects the process of legal citizenship," Landry said.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/05/02/ag-jeff-landry-dreamers-violate-constitution/572361002/|title=AG Jeff Landry: "Dreamers' violate the Constitution|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=May 2, 2018|author=Greg Hilburn}}</ref> Meanwhile, President [[Donald Trump]] has been blocked by federal courts from ending the policy.

Landry has quarreled on several occasions with Governor [[John Bel Edwards]], a Democrat who is seeking reelection in 2019. Landry has been mentioned as a potential challenger to the governor. Landry announced that he will no longer defend the lawsuit challenging lethal injection protocols in the state. Executions have been put on hold since 2010 because of the lack of availability of lethal injection drugs. Landry claims that Edwards himself is a greater obstacle to implementing court-ordered executions than is the drug shortage. Edwards in reply accused Landry of "political grandstanding" and abdicating his legal duties. In July 2018, a federal judge approved a one-year extension to an order which prohibits Louisiana from carrying out executions. The extension was sought by a corrections department attorney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wafb.com/story/38678670/la-governor-attorney-general-at-odds-over-halt-to-executions|title="LA governor, attorney general at odds over halt to executions"|publisher=WAFB-TV|location=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana|date=July 18, 2018|accessdate=July 19, 2018}}</ref>

Landry has quarreled on several occasions with Governor [[John Bel Edwards]], a Democrat who won a 51-49 percent victory for reelection in 2019, over the Republican [[Eddie Rispone]]. Landry has been mentioned as a potential challenger to the governor. Landry announced that he will no longer defend the lawsuit challenging lethal injection protocols in the state. Executions have been put on hold since 2010 because of the lack of availability of lethal injection drugs. Landry claims that Edwards himself is a greater obstacle to implementing court-ordered executions than is the drug shortage. Edwards in reply accused Landry of "political grandstanding" and abdicating his legal duties. In July 2018, a federal judge approved a one-year extension to an order which prohibits Louisiana from carrying out executions. The extension was sought by a corrections department attorney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wafb.com/story/38678670/la-governor-attorney-general-at-odds-over-halt-to-executions|title="LA governor, attorney general at odds over halt to executions"|publisher=WAFB-TV|location=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana|date=July 18, 2018|accessdate=July 19, 2018}}</ref>

In a 2018 dispute over gun control, Landry denied $600 million in state funds to Citibank and the Bank of America. The two companies were scheduled to participate in a road-financing plan, but both were yanked from the plan after each placed new gun control restrictions on their customers. Landry and State Treasurer [[John Schroder]] have been working on the state’s response to corporate gun control. Omitting the two banks m from the $600 million is part of that response. On March 23, 2018, ''Breitbart News'' reported that Citibank’s new gun control regulations require customers to cease selling “high capacity” magazines. Citibank demanded bank store customers refuse long gun sales to anyone between the ages of eighteen and twenty even though such sales are legal. Moreover, it is noted that 18-20-year-olds can use fully automatic weapons while serving in the military. Earlier in the year Bank of America announced that it would not accept customers “who make military-style firearms for civilians”. The financial institution does consider that military rifles are fully automatic, but civilian firearms are semiautomatic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/16/louisiana-attorney-general-denies-600-million-to-citibank-bank-of-america-over-gun-control/|title=Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and the state’s Bond Commission denied $600 million to Citibank and Bank of America over the gun control stance adopted by both companies|publisher=Breitbart.com|date=August 16, 2018|author=A. W. R. Hawkins|accessdate=August 19, 2018}}</ref>

In a 2018 dispute over gun control, Landry denied $600 million in state funds to Citibank and the Bank of America. The two companies were scheduled to participate in a road-financing plan, but both were yanked from the plan after each placed new gun control restrictions on their customers. Landry and State Treasurer [[John Schroder]] have been working on the state’s response to corporate gun control. Omitting the two banks m from the $600 million is part of that response. On March 23, 2018, ''Breitbart News'' reported that Citibank’s new gun control regulations require customers to cease selling “high capacity” magazines. Citibank demanded bank store customers refuse long gun sales to anyone between the ages of eighteen and twenty even though such sales are legal. Moreover, it is noted that 18-20-year-olds can use fully automatic weapons while serving in the military. Earlier in the year Bank of America announced that it would not accept customers “who make military-style firearms for civilians”. The financial institution does consider that military rifles are fully automatic, but civilian firearms are semiautomatic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/16/louisiana-attorney-general-denies-600-million-to-citibank-bank-of-america-over-gun-control/|title=Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and the state’s Bond Commission denied $600 million to Citibank and Bank of America over the gun control stance adopted by both companies|publisher=Breitbart.com|date=August 16, 2018|author=A. W. R. Hawkins|accessdate=August 19, 2018}}</ref>

In September 2018, Landry said Governor John Bel Edwards' refusal to appoint Carolyn Prator, wife of popular Caddo Parish [[Sheriff]] [[Steve Prator]], to the Red River Waterways Commission is illegal because state law requires that the appointment must come from the nominating agencies' choice or choices. "Nothing authorizes the governor to ignore the nomination," Landry said. Instead Edwards chose a nominee from Rapides Parish. Any legal business that the board does is therefore questionable, Landry said.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/09/19/ag-governors-red-river-appointment-illegal/1356519002/|title=AG: Governor's Red River appointment illegal|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|author=Greg Hilburn|date=September 19, 2018|accessdate=September 21, 2018}}</ref> Governor Edwards, however, disputes Landry's opinion and claimed that the attorney general engaged in "a cheap political stunt."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/gov-edwards-ag-landry-guilty-of-cheap-political-stunt-video/|title=Gov. Edwards: AG Landry guilty of "cheap political stunt" (video)|publisher=KEEL Radio|date=September 20, 2018|accessdate=September 21, 2018}}</ref> Thereafter, Landry filed a lawsuit to unseat two of Edwards' appointments to the commission, nominations that Landry considers illegal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/09/25/ag-jeff-landry-sues-gov-edwards-over-board-appointment/1420838002/|title=Landry sues to unseat Gov. Edwards' board appointments: Governor's spokesman accuses attorney general of conducting 'political stunt'|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=Greg Hilburn|date=September 25, 2018}}</ref>

In September 2018, Landry said Governor John Bel Edwards' refusal to appoint Carolyn Prator, wife of popular Caddo Parish [[Sheriff]] [[Steve Prator]], who was reelected to a sixth term in 2019, to the Red River Waterways Commission is illegal because state law requires that the appointment must come from the nominating agencies' choice or choices. "Nothing authorizes the governor to ignore the nomination," Landry said. Instead Edwards chose a nominee from Rapides Parish. Any legal business that the board does is therefore questionable, Landry said.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/09/19/ag-governors-red-river-appointment-illegal/1356519002/|title=AG: Governor's Red River appointment illegal|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|author=Greg Hilburn|date=September 19, 2018|accessdate=September 21, 2018}}</ref> Governor Edwards, however, disputes Landry's opinion and claimed that the attorney general engaged in "a cheap political stunt."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/gov-edwards-ag-landry-guilty-of-cheap-political-stunt-video/|title=Gov. Edwards: AG Landry guilty of "cheap political stunt" (video)|publisher=KEEL Radio|date=September 20, 2018|accessdate=September 21, 2018}}</ref> Thereafter, Landry filed a lawsuit to unseat two of Edwards' appointments to the commission, nominations that Landry considers illegal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/09/25/ag-jeff-landry-sues-gov-edwards-over-board-appointment/1420838002/|title=Landry sues to unseat Gov. Edwards' board appointments: Governor's spokesman accuses attorney general of conducting 'political stunt'|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=Greg Hilburn|date=September 25, 2018}}</ref>

Landry won his second term as attorney general with ease in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019. With 855,338 votes (66 percent), he topped the Democrat "Ike" Jackson, Jr., wo finished with 436,531 (34 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>

Landry won his second term as attorney general with ease in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019. With 855,338 votes (66 percent), he topped the Democrat "Ike" Jackson, Jr., wo finished with 436,531 (34 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>