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A Houston-based attorney has filed a lawsuit against several federal departments and officials in response to a mandate requiring some immigrants to register with the government, depending on their immigration status.

Houston attorney Raed Gonzalez filed the lawsuit last weekend on behalf of an anonymous Houston resident who is in the United States without legal status. The suit pertains to a mandate issued earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that requires all non-citizens over the age of 13 to register and be fingerprinted by the department if they remain in the country for at least 30 days.

The lawsuit refers to the mandate as a "universal immigration registration regime." Gonzalez argues it violates the Fifth Amendment

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