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Texas "sanctuary cities" law set to go into effect Friday unless court blocks it

Published on August 30, 2017 under CommunityImpact

By Friday, Senate Bill 4, a state immigration-enforcement law that would outlaw “sanctuary” jurisdictions in Texas, will either go into effect or have been blocked by a federal district judge. But advocates on both sides are bracing for the court fight to potentially linger for years. The law would forbid police chiefs, sheriffs, constables and other jail administrators from preventing an officer to ask about a person’s immigration status during an arrest or lawful detention, or from sharing that information with federal officials. It would also require that jail officials honor all requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to […]

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Source: Community Impact- Round Rock

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