The nation’s harshest law targeting sanctuary cities
won’t go into effect—for now.
By Julianne Hing, The Nation
August 31, 2017
Immigrants won a major victory Wednesday night when a
federal judge blocked Texas’s SB 4, the nation’s harshest anti–sanctuary cities
state law, from being implemented. In his 94-page
order, US District Judge Orlando Garcia issued a preliminary injunction of
key parts of the law, preventing them from going into effect while the legal
challenge winds its way through the courts. As the worst of Harvey was bearing
down on Texas this week, fears about the coming implementation of SB 4 fed
undocumented immigrants’ apprehension about seeking help during the storm. On
Monday, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner pledged to personally represent any
person who was turned over to immigration authorities while seeking help during
Harvey. “I and others will be the first ones to stand with you,” Turner said.
“I don’t care what your status is. I do not want you to run the risk of losing
your life or a family member because you’re concerned about SB 4 or anything
else.” Despite his assurances, rumors that the City would check people’s
immigration statuses at shelters continued to spread, and the City had to
repeatedly quash them.[…]
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https://www.thenation.com/article/texass-virulently-anti-immigrant-sb-4-was-just-blocked-by-a-federal-judge/
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