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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: To-Whose-Benefit? on June 20, 2017, 07:12:12 pm

Title: Trump DOJ To Back Texas In Courtroom Defense of Anti-Sanctuary Law
Post by: To-Whose-Benefit? on June 20, 2017, 07:12:12 pm
Head 'em up. Move 'em out.

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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.”
Title: Re: Trump DOJ To Back Texas In Courtroom Defense of Anti-Sanctuary Law
Post by: Emjay on June 20, 2017, 07:13:54 pm
Good for Texas and good for Trump.
Title: Re: Trump DOJ To Back Texas In Courtroom Defense of Anti-Sanctuary Law
Post by: corbe on June 20, 2017, 09:37:09 pm
  Thank You President Trump, any help is appreciated.  Though I believe the Bill, as it was written, to be ALMOST iron clad. 
  Won't be any Judges from @Emjay 's domicile screwing this one up.   :beer:
Title: Re: Trump DOJ To Back Texas In Courtroom Defense of Anti-Sanctuary Law
Post by: Sanguine on June 20, 2017, 09:58:01 pm
Good!
Title: Re: Trump DOJ To Back Texas In Courtroom Defense of Anti-Sanctuary Law
Post by: EC on June 20, 2017, 09:58:41 pm
Excellent news.