White House Memo on Immigrants, NBA on Texas' Bathroom Bill, Dallas Police Chief Search: Your Friday Evening Roundup

Here are some stories you may have missed today.White House reportedly considers mobilizing National Guard to round up immigrantsThe Associated Press has reported that the Trump administration is considering a proposal to mobilize as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants. The AP obtained an 11-page draft memo that calls for unprecedented militarization of immigration enforcement efforts — some nowhere near the Mexico border.White House spokesman Sean Spicer called the report "100 percent not true."Spicer couldn't categorically rule out that such an approach had been discussed by someone in the Trump administration, but said that "there is no effort to do what is potentially suggested."And: The Senate has confirmed Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as the new head of the EPA. Pruitt is a climate-change skeptic who has long fought the EPA in court.Also: Critics of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s proposed sanctuary city ban are gearing up for a fight.  Continue reading...

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