{"id":11667,"date":"2026-11-07T08:30:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/houston-mayor-limits-immigration-agents-cooperation-by-police-after-democratic-victory\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T08:30:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:30:45","slug":"houston-mayor-limits-immigration-agents-cooperation-by-police-after-democratic-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/houston-mayor-limits-immigration-agents-cooperation-by-police-after-democratic-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston mayor limits immigration agents cooperation by police after Democratic victory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The mayor of Houston, Texas announced Friday that the city\u2019s police department will limit its cooperation with federal immigration agents after Democrats swept midterm elections this week.<\/p>\n

The so-called \u201cblue tsunami\u201d ousted Republican Governor Greg Abbott, a close Texas ally of US President Donald Trump, who has cracked down on immigration with raids conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents since returning to office last year.<\/p>\n

Abbott had threatened in April to revoke $110 million in public safety funding from Houston if city officials didn\u2019t walk back a similar measure earlier this year, and city officials complied.<\/p>\n

He lost reelection on Tuesday and will be replaced by Democrat Gina Hinojosa, the first Latina woman elected governor of Texas.<\/p>\n

Now, Houston Mayor John Whitmire has signed an executive order instructing Houston police to not contact ICE agents when a person is detained for nonviolent offenses, like a traffic stop.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s to reduce the fear and anxiety, not just in some of our communities but across Houston,\u201d Whitmire said during a press conference announcing the change.<\/p>\n

The 77-year-old mayor acknowledged that the change could bring some political risks but said he was ready to meet them, as Abbott and other Republicans remain in power until January.<\/p>\n

ICE released a statement on X reacting to the change, writing: \u201cWatching child porn and selling heroin are classified as \u2018nonviolent offenses\u2019 by the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the Mayor of Houston directly advocating for policies that protect some of the worst criminals in America,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

According to the Prison Policy Initiative, a nonpartisan think tank, Texas has had more arrests carried out by ICE agents during Trump\u2019s second term than any other state, with almost 137,000 recorded as of August 2026.<\/p>\n

Texas is also the state with the highest number of ICE detainees in the US, with over 16,000 held at various facilities \u2014 more than double the amount held in the second highest state, Louisiana \u2014 according to Syracuse University\u2019s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.<\/p>\n

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