Plan Targeting 'sanctuary Cities' Moves Forward With 4-2 Senate Vote

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Tue, 02/19/2019 - 2:33pm

Under the proposal, local officials would be required to honor requests from federal authorities to hold immigrants in detention for up to 48 hours.

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