Houston Votes To Join Other Texas Cities In Lawsuit Over New ‘Sanctuary City’ Law

The Houston City Council voted 10–6 Wednesday morning to join a growing lawsuit against Senate Bill 4, an immigration enforcement law that allows peace officers to question the immigration status of people they legally detain.

Emma Platoff
By Emma Platoff
The floor of the state Capitol is packed with protesters opposed to Senate Bill 4, the "sanctuary cities" bill, on May 29, 2017. Erika Rich for The Texas Tribune

The largest city in Texas will join San Antonio, Dallas, Austin and other local governments in a lawsuit against the state’s new immigration enforcement law. The Houston City Council voted 10-6 Wednesday morning to join the lawsuit, which was filed last month against Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton. The suit takes aim at Senate

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ACLU Issues Travel Alert After Texas Passes ‘Papers Please’ Law

The alert was announced in response to the passage of Texas Senate Bill 4, otherwise known as the “papers please” provision.

Josie Wales
By Josie Wales
Texas Rep. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, at podium, is surrounded by fellow lawmakers as he speaks against an anti-"sanctuary cities" bill that has already cleared the Texas Senate and seeks to jail sheriffs and other officials who refuse to help enforce federal immigration law, Wednesday, April 26, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP/Eric Gay)

The ACLU issued a “travel alert” in the state of Texas Wednesday, warning “anyone planning to travel to Texas in the near future to anticipate the possible violation of their constitutional rights when stopped by law enforcement.” The alert was announced in response to the passage of Senate Bill 4, otherwise known as the “papers please”

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Mississippi Senate Passes Bill To Kill Sanctuary Cities

Days after the Trump administration issued a report aimed at scaring “jurisdictions into becoming deportation agents,” is poised to enact an anti-sanctuary cities law.

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos
Senate Judiciary A Committee Chairman Sean Tindell, R-Gulfport, peers at lawmakers as he describes legislation prohibiting sanctuary cities and requiring local cooperation with federal immigration control, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP/Rogelio V. Solis)

Days after the Trump administration put out its first "sinister" immigrant crime list, Mississippi is poised to enact an anti-sanctuary cities bill that one expert says will fuel racial profiling and make communities less safe. The Mississippi Senate passed the measure, Senate Bill 2710 on Tuesday, and it now heads to the desk of Gov. Phil

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Over 10,000 Protest Trump’s Immigration Crackdown In Milwaukee

People from dozens of cities across Wisconsin came by bus to take part in the action, and 120 businesses were also closed to show support for the #daywithoutlatinos.

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos
Thousands of Wisconsin activists gathered in Milwaukee's predominantly Hispanic South Side to protest the sheriff's plans to crack down on illegal immigration Feb. 13, 2017. (Photo: AP/Gretchen Ehlke)

(REPORT) --- Amidst growing pushback against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, more than ten thousand people marched in Milwaukee on Monday to "resist the wave of deportations and immigration raids sweeping the country." The "Day Without Latinxs, Immigrants, and Refugees" action, organized by local advocacy group Voces de la

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New Administration To Publish Weekly List Of Crimes Committed By Immigrants

The order does not specify if the list will only publish crimes committed by undocumented immigrants.

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By teleSUR
Protesters listen to an speaker as the hold signs during a rally against President Donald Trump's order cracking down on immigrants living in the US at Washington Square Park in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (AP/Andres Kudacki)

(REPORT) --- U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered his new administration to publish a weekly list of crimes committed by immigrants. The move is part of the new executive order signed Wednesday, which targets sanctuary cities and counties which do not comply with federal requests to detain undocumented immigrants. The order underlines

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Texas Republicans Make Third Attempt To Ban ‘Sanctuary Cities’

Bills targeting “sanctuary cities” failed to pass the Texas Legislature in 2011 and 2015, but similar efforts this session have better chances of making it to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.

Julián Aguilar
By Julián Aguilar
The Rev. Annie Steinberg-Behrman, right, provisional pastor with Metropolitan Community Church, holds a sign while listening to speakers at a meeting at City Hall in San Francisco by city leaders and community activists to reaffirm the city's commitment to being a sanctuary city in response to Donald Trump's support of deportations and other measures against immigrants Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

The Legislature is gearing up for a fight over "sanctuary cities" bills — and not for the first time. The current debate was foreshadowed by one in 2011, but this time, chances are better that a bill could make it to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. Texas’ proposed 2011 ban on sanctuary cities, the common term for local entities that don’t enforce

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