Mr. Armey, now 76, lives north of Fort Worth in Denton County, home to the University of North Texas and Texas Woman’s University. “In the city of Denton,” Mr. Armey added, “my guess is to get rid of sanctuary cities is probably appreciated everywhere but the faculty lounge.”PhotoFor Latino leaders, the signing of the ban on sanctuary cities represented a seismic shift. As in other red states, Mr. Trump looms large in the ideological background of Texas politics. The bill banning sanctuary cities — which is known as Senate Bill 4 and is set to take effect in September — was backed by Lt. Gov. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyRepublicans dispute that the banning of sanctuary cities is discriminatory and defend it as anti-crime, not anti-immigrant.

Source: New York Times May 09, 2017 22:55 UTC