Texas attorney general files motion to keep sanctuary cities law in place

AUSTIN (AP/KXAN) — Even though a federal judge temporarily blocked most of Texas’ new anti-sanctuary city law that was set to go into effect on Friday, Sept. 1, Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking a district court in San Antonio for a stay of motion on its ruling against Senate Bill 4.
Paxton hopes the court grants his stay while he appeals the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The federal judge’s ruling keeps it from taking effect.
SB 4 bans so-called