Immigration

State lawmakers move to penalize ‘sanctuary cities’

By Kelly Cohen
Published March 18, 2017 4:50am ET
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State lawmakers move to penalize ‘sanctuary cities’
Georgia Cordova of El Paso, Texas, Center, joins other protesters as they take part in a No Ban, No Wall rally to support the rights of immigrants and oppose a border wall and support sanctuary cities, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) | Eric Gay

State lawmakers are looking to penalize local governments that adopt sanctuary city policies, following in the footsteps of President Trump’s executive order to do the same.

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