Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday announced his office is accepting sworn complaints against “sanctuary” jurisdictions that prohibit local police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities.
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Federal appeals court to hear arguments on Texas “sanctuary cities” law Friday
The stage is set for a Friday court battle in New Orleans between the state’s attorneys and local governments over Texas’ immigration enforcement law, Senate Bill 4.
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Now on the Books
New law aims to help elderly Texans fooled by scammers
A new Texas law gives financial institutions greater authority to stop transactions that they suspect are aimed at defrauding elderly or disabled clients.
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Criminal Justice
Undocumented Texans grapple with DACA’s end while they wait for court’s SB 4 decision
Texans who benefit from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program learned this week that the popular program will be phased out. And they have a second worry: the fate of the state’s new immigration enforcement law.
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Demographics
Trump ending immigration program that has impacted more than 120,000 in Texas
The Trump Administration says it will end an Obama-era program that has granted relief to hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants — including more than 120,000 in Texas.
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Courts
U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocks ruling against Texas House map
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily put on hold a lower court ruling that invalidated nine of Texas’ 150 House seats.
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Health care
Judge temporarily halts Texas ban on common second-trimester abortion procedure
A federal judge on Thursday delayed for two weeks enforcement of part of a state law that bans the most common second-trimester abortion method.
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In Harvey's Wake
Paxton: Tuesday deadline for Trump to decide on DACA still stands
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office said on Thursday that his office was sticking with a Tuesday deadline set by officials from Texas and nine other states for President Donald Trump to rescind a popular Obama-era program.
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Criminal Justice
“Sanctuary cities” opponent: Community shouldn’t fear police inquiries after ruling
After a federal judge declined to block provisions of a Texas law that allow local law enforcement to ask about a person’s immigration status during a detention, lead plaintiffs say that will not result in a major change.
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Judge temporarily blocks immigration enforcement law
A federal district judge on Wednesday ruled against the state of Texas and halted a controversial state-based immigration enforcement law just days before it was scheduled to go into effect.
