Now lawmakers are working to add sexual orientation and gender identity to that list and it just passed it’s first hurdle in the Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety committee.
fewer options, how does the texas law impacting them? we have seen a piece about what the world would look like n our state of texas. if rowev. wade was dissolved. even though it is the law of the land, we have sb 4, making it critically difficult to access care. especially those undocumented. people in texas have started going for abortion laws. and drag on people obtaining abortion, this creates fear
A lawsuit filed in Bexar County district court last month by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton calls for San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus to be removed from office over his handling of a 2017 immigrant release incident.
City of San Antonio has spent $2.75 million defending SAPD in sanctuary cities lawsuit, records show
City attorney calls AG Ken Paxton’s actions ‘groundless’
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San Antonio City Attorney Andy Segovia (left) and SAPD Chief William McManus (right). (KSAT)
SAN ANTONIO – The City of San Antonio has now spent more than $2.75 million in outside attorney fees to fight a sanctuary cities lawsuit filed by the state against Chief William McManus, the police department and the city, records obtained by KSAT 12 Defenders show.
The suit, filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in Travis County district court in late 2018, accuses McManus and other city officials of flouting a new state law, Senate Bill 4, that requires local governments to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.