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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday night signed what he calls a ban on so-called "sanctuary cities" that allows police to ask about a person's immigration status and threatens sheriffs with jail if they don't cooperate with federal authorities. He did so over intense opposition from immigrant-rights groups and Democrats, who say the law echoes Arizona's immigration crackdown in 2010 that prompted national controversy and lawsuits.
Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed into law on Sunday a measure to punish "sanctuary cities," despite a plea from police chiefs of the state's biggest cities to halt the bill they said would hinder their ability to fight crime. The Texas measure comes as Republican U.S. President Donald Trump has made combating illegal immigration a priority.
In this March 24, 2017, file photo, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott talks to reporters outside the White House in Washington. Abbott tweeted the word "Boom" in celebration of the Texas Legislature approving a call for a "convention of states."
President Donald Trump's revised travel ban targeting six Muslim-majority countries is about to be scrutinized by a federal appeals court for the first time.
It's not like cities and counties and states have an issue with the "crumbling infrastructure" or anything. Remember this ? Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and County Supervisor Hilda Solis in December announced the creation of a $10-million legal aid fund to "hire lawyers to defend local immigrants without legal status."
President Donald Trump talks with House Speaker Paul Ryan in the Rose Garden of the White House Thursday after the House pushed through a health care bill. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana is at left, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, is at right.
Dr. Mark Curtis, Ed.D., is Chief Political Reporter for the five Nexstar Media TV stations in West Virginia, and a Political Analyst for "The Brian Copeland Show" on KGO Radio 810-AM San Francisco. Success in the political world often relies on momentum.
One spring morning, Alfredo Rivas and his wife, who was seven months pregnant, grabbed the small bags containing their remaining belongings and headed north to Canada, a place they'd never seen. A week earlier, they'd decided to leave New York City amid worries the U.S. president's promise to crack down on illegal immigration would put them at risk of being deported back to wartorn El Salvador.
Prosecutors are dropping charges against two Hispanic teens accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in a restroom at a suburban Washington high school, a case cited by the White House as an example of why the president wants to crack down on illegal immigration. Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy said at a Friday news conference that the rape and sex offense charges were being dropped after a "painstaking investigation" of the girl's claim that the two teens raped her in the bathroom at Rockville High School.
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, right, accompanied by Virginia Solicitor General Stuart Raphael, speaks outside the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, following a hearing on President Donald Trump's travel ban. Legal challenges to President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on people from some Muslim-majority countries heat up again next week when two U.S. appeals courts consider whether it is constitutional.
County Executive Joanie Mahoney called the ongoing conversation over Syracuse's status as a "sanctuary city" a manufactured controversy designed to score political points. Mahoney Friday suggested Mayor Stephanie Miner's declaration that Syracuse is a sanctuary is part of a campaign for higher office.
A prosecutor told a judge Friday that after an investigation, authorities are dropping rape and sex offense charges against the 17-year-old, who was charged as an adult. He and 18-year-old Henry Sanchez were charged in the alleged assault of a 14-year-old girl.
An attorney says prosecutors will drop charges against one of two teens charged with raping a fellow student in a Maryland high school bathroom. Seventeen-year-old Jose Montano and 18-year-old Henry Sanchez were charged with assaulting the 14-year-old girl at Rockville High School in March, but The Washington Post reports that Sanchez' attorney Andrew Jezic was told Thursday his client's charges would be dropped.
A marcher hands a sign-up sheet to a participant during the march and rally in support of immigrants on Nov. 21, 2016. Luis Barrios, an undocumented immigrant who lives with his wife and children in Derby, will get to stay in the United States for another 30 days.
Just hours after the House Republicans passed a bill to repeal Obamacare, the president praised Australia's universal health care system Thursday, telling Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull: "You have better healthcare than we do." "We have a failing health care - I shouldn't say this to our great gentleman and my friend from Australia, because you have better health care than we do," Trump said during a meeting aboard the USS Intrepid in New York City.
The most important story of the president's first 100 days is the strength of our system's commitment to the rule of law. Protesters of President Donald Trump's Muslim travel ban gather at San Francisco City Hall for a peaceful demonstration on Feb. 4, 2017 On April 25, as Donald Trump neared the 100th day of his presidency, a federal judge in San Francisco dealt a blow to one of his signature initiatives-an executive order denying federal funding to sanctuary cities.
Congressional Republicans sounded an alarm Wednesday over rules allowing millions of Europeans to travel to the United States without a visa, warning that jihadists could exploit weak links in the program.The Islamic State and Al-Qaeda extremist groups "have incurred great losses in Syria and Iraq," Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told a hearing on the security of the US Visa Waiver Program . "Yet as the territory under their control shrinks, we are seeing an exodus of foreign fighters returning to their homelands," he said.
The White House considers the 2017 budget "a down payment" on President Donald Trump's priorities for the 2018 budget, and the 20-foot high steel wall that is being built along the U.S.-Mexico border is the most effective way to stop illegal immigration. "This is the 2017 budget.
Congressional Democrats voting for ObamaCare may have held out hope that the legislation would not as unpopular as polls consistently suggested, but they can't have been too surprised at the loss of the House as a result of their vote. Yet Democrats were willing to lose their seats and control of Congress to enact a long held policy ambition during a once-in-a-lifetime alignment of the White House, the House and a filibuster-proof Senate.
State Sen. Frank Wagner cited his business experience and military background in making a case for why he should be the Republican Party nominee for Virginia governor.