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          <div class="field-item even"><p>If you’re an immigrant in Houston affected by <strong>Hurricane Harvey</strong> and afraid to seek help for fear of deportation, <strong>Mayor Sylvester Turner</strong> says you needn’t worry, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/houston-mayor-promises-defend-undocumented-immigrants-amid-harvey/story?id=49483125" target="_blank">ABC News</a> reports.</p>
<p>MORE: <a href="http://www.latina.com/how-you-can-help-victims-hurricane-harvey" target="_blank">How You Can Help Victims Of Hurricane Harvey</a></p>
<p>The mayor says the city will put <strong>Senate Bill 4</strong> (which outlaws sanctuary cities and would take effect later this week) "on the shelf” so that everyone can seek the help they need.</p>
<p>“I don’t care who you are, I don’t care what your status is. I do not want you to risk losing life of [that of] a family member because you’re concerned about SB 4 or anything else,” Turner said in a press conference on Monday.</p>
<p>“If someone comes and they require help and then for some reason [someone] tries to deport them, I will represent them myself,” Turner, who is also an attorney, added. “If you are in a stressful situation, I don’t care who you are, I don’t care what you’re religion is, I don’t care what your language is, you come and take advantage of every service that we have.”</p>
<p>The city echoed the Mayor’s message with a tweet on Monday evening: </p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en">We will not ask for immigration status or papers from anyone at any shelter. This rumor is FALSE!</p>
<p>— City of Houston (@HoustonTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonTX/status/902370828653867008">August 29, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
<script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>Senate Bill 4 is still being fought in court with U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia of San Antonio expecting to rule later this week.</p>
<p>RELATED:<a href="http://www.latina.com/lifestyle/our-issues/trump-tweets-about-storm-harvey-yet-misses-most-important-part" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://www.latina.com/lifestyle/our-issues/trump-tweets-about-storm-harvey-yet-misses-most-important-part" target="_blank">Trump Tweets About Storm Harvey Yet Misses The Most Important Part</a></p>
<p>While the Bill is still up in the air, we’re just glad that the Mayor had the presence of mind to address and protect immigrants during this devastating time.</p>
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