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Houston Mayor John Whitmire on November 7, 2026 ordered HPD to curtail cooperation with ICE, days after Democrats swept Texas statewide races.
Texas Senate Bill 4, signed in 2017, bans so-called sanctuary city policies and allows officials to be fined or removed for refusing to cooperate with ICE.
Houston is the fourth-largest U.S. city, with roughly 2.3 million residents and an estimated 400,000 foreign-born noncitizens.
ICE reported more than 170,000 administrative arrests in fiscal year 2024, with local police cooperation driving a large share of detainer-based handoffs.
In Arizona v. United States (2012), the Supreme Court ruled immigration enforcement is primarily a federal power, while leaving states some authority to assist.
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