Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has promised the city’s nearly 600,000 illegal immigrants that they won’t be turned over to immigration authorities if they go to a shelter or ask for help during Harvey. “I don’t care who you are, I don’t care what your status is,” Turner said Monday. Texas Senate Bill 4 outlaws sanctuary cities in the state and allows state and local law enforcement officers to check immigration status. Even proponents of Senate Bill 4 commended Turner’s efforts, saying that saving lives supercedes everything else. “It’s not the time for anyone to ask anyone about immigration status.

Source: Fox News August 29, 2017 18:56 UTC