Battle Over Sanctuary Cities Pits California Against Texas
- Trump to support Texas in trying to punish sanctuary cities
- California considering becoming safe harbor for immigrants
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The White House has ordered the U.S. Justice Department to jump into Texas’s battle to force its cities and elected local officials to comply with the state’s tough sanctuary-city ban, which makes it a crime to shelter some undocumented immigrants from deportation.
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) received email notification Monday from the Justice Department that it will soon file court documents to support Texas in the rapidly expanding legal challenge over the state’s ban. The message said U.S. lawyers will also appear at a June 26 San Antonio federal court hearing on whether the ban should be blocked before it can take effect Sept. 1.