Head 'em up. Move 'em out.
daily caller
Will Racke
11:43 AM 06/20/2017
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http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/20/trump-doj-will-back-texas-in-courtroom-defense-of-anti-sanctuary-law/The Trump administration on Monday joined the legal battle over a Texas law that bans sanctuary cities, saying it will support the state’s defense against a lawsuit brought by civil rights groups and multiple city governments.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) notified lawyers for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), one of the groups suing Texas over the controversial law, that it will file court documents detailing the federal government’s interest in the case. DOJ also plans to send attorneys to a June 26 court hearing in San Antonio, where a judge will decide whether to issue an injunction against the law before it goes into effect on Sept. 1, Bloomberg reported.
Luis Vera, a LULAC lawyer representing the Texas border city of El Cenizo, said DOJ plans to ask U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia to deny the group’s motion to block the law, known as Senate Bill 4 (SB4).
“I received an email from the Department of Justice,” Vera told ABC affiliate KSAT 12. “President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Justice to enter the case against El Cenizo and to file a brief and a statement of interest in support of the state of Texas, asking the federal courts to deny our motion for preliminary injunction.”
