Members of the Texas Legislature have six weeks to prepare to tackle an ambitious agenda in a special session that begins July 18.
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City of Dallas to join fight against Texas immigration law
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings on Wednesday announced that the city council decided to join a number of Texas cities and counties in fighting the state’s immigration bill, Senate Bill 4, in federal court.
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Lawyers convention leaves Texas over state’s new immigration law
The American Immigration Lawyers Association is relocating its 2018 convention from Texas due to the state’s new immigration law. About 3,000 people were expected to attend the event.
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Lawmakers cap session with scuffle over immigration (video)
Things got heated on the Texas House floor on the last day of the legislative session.
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Criminal Justice
San Antonio, Austin suing Texas over immigration law
The cities of San Antonio and Austin have announced they will file suit to stop the state’s new immigration enforcement law, Senate Bill 4.
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Politics
Analysis: Legislators show that men will be boys — if you let them
It’s hard to imagine a female Legislature devolving into a parking lot rumble like the one that embarrassed Texas nationally this week. The ruckus in the House punctuated what many lawmakers have called a notably ugly session.
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Even before House scuffle, Rinaldi’s seat was a high 2018 target for Democrats
State Rep. Matt Rinaldi, who drew national attention as part of an incident on the Texas House floor in which he said he reported protesters to ICE, represents one of 10 Republican-held House districts that Hillary Clinton won last year.
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El Paso County files lawsuit seeking to halt Texas “sanctuary” law
A lawsuit in federal court charges that Senate Bill 4, if enacted, would violate several provisions of the U.S. Constitution.
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List of local governments planning to fight Texas over “sanctuary” bill growing
Leaders from El Paso County and the cities of Dallas and Austin plan to move forward with resolutions or litigation against Senate Bill 4, the state’s controversial immigration law, as soon as this week, according to local officials.
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Gov. Greg Abbott: “Sanctuary” law won’t open the door for racial profiling
Following the signing of a controversial “sanctuary cities” ban last week, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday the law would not open the door for people to get “pulled over and detained.”