Virginia: McAuliffe challenging refugee order. At a news conference at Dulles AirportSaturday night, Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) denounced President Trump’s executive orders suspending and/or banning certain refugees and immigrants, saying he had asked state Attorney General Mark Herring (D) to pursue “all legal remedies” to help anyone in Virginia detained by the orders ……. Florida: Gimenez cooperating with sanctuary city ban. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez (R) ordered jails to “fully cooperate” with President Trump’s order banning federal funds to “sanctuary cities.” Gimenez said in a memo, “Miami-Dade complies with federal law and intends to fully cooperate with the federal government,” reports Sunshine State News ……. Texas: Cruz praises McConnell. Once a major critic of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, US Sen. Ted Cruz (R) last week gave him high praise. “Let me actually do something I don’t do a lot, which is praise Mitch McConnell,” Cruz said, reported the Washington Examiner. “He has encouraged all of us to go out and say ‘we will confirm President Trump’s nominees’… I think that’s fabulous.” ……
