The Fight Against SB4: A Look at How the City of San Marcos and Local Activists Responded to the Anti-Sanctuary City Law

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dc.contributor.advisorMartinez, Gilbert D.
dc.contributor.authorSprague, Darcy
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-02T15:08:36Z
dc.date.available2018-03-02T15:08:36Z
dc.date.issued2017-12
dc.description.abstractIn 2017, the Texas Legislature passed what has been called the toughest anti-immigration bill in the country – Senate Bill 4, also known as the anti-sanctuary cites law. Several cities, including Austin and San Antonio, joined a lawsuit against the bill, but the City of San Marcos did not. This thesis will tell the story – drawing on over 500 emails from city officials and interviews with activists – of how the city went from voting unanimously against joining the lawsuit against SB4 to voting unanimously to file their own amicus brief against SB4 a week later. It will examine the timeline between when activists first began lobbying for city support for the lawsuit to when city council filed the amicus brief.
dc.description.departmentHonors College
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dc.format.extent13 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationSprague, D. (2017). The fight against SB4: A look at how the City of San Marcos and local activists responded to the anti-sanctuary city law (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/6998
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjectpolitics
dc.subjectimmigration
dc.subjectjournalism
dc.subjectSan Marcos
dc.subjectHonors College
dc.titleThe Fight Against SB4: A Look at How the City of San Marcos and Local Activists Responded to the Anti-Sanctuary City Law
thesis.degree.departmentHonors College
thesis.degree.disciplineJournalism and Mass Communication
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University
txstate.documenttypeHonors Thesis

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