Houston mayor says 'elections matter' as he moves to curb city's cooperation with ICE
HOUSTON (AP) — The mayor of Houston on Friday said the city would limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, heralding “a new model” of immigration enforcement after Democrats won power in Texas for the first time in decades. Mayor John Whitmire said the city would go after immigrants “that pose a danger, not those that are going about their family business, work and education.” A traffic incident "will not even ... you write a citation or you warn them and they go about their way. No contact with (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) over nonviolent, non-jailable offenses.…
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