Houston Mayor Moves to Limit Houston Police’s Cooperation With ICE

Houston Mayor John Whitmire is directing the Houston Police Department (HPD) to limit its cooperation with federal immigration...READ MORE

Sen. John Cornyn: "We must modernize our federal permitting process to keep pace with Texas’ growing energy demands, lower costs for consumers, and support American jobs."

Rep. Van Duyne: "We owe a debt of gratitude to our nation’s veterans, who defend our freedoms and answered the call to serve."

Rep. Joaquin Castro: "Trump’s mass deportation campaign continues to rip families apart, hurt communities, and rob children like Michell of important moments in their lives."

Rep. Vicente Gonzalez: "Over the last year, the backlog of SNAP applications in Texas skyrocketed from 3,700 to more than 175,000, forcing working families to struggle to put food on the table amid rising grocery store prices."

Houston Mayor Moves to Limit Houston Police’s Cooperation With ICE— By Texas Politics' Payton Anderson —Houston Mayor John Whitmire is directing the Houston Police Department (HPD) to limit its cooperation with federal immigration authorities...

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