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Texas Sues City of Houston over Newly Approved ICE Ordinance
The lawsuit says the ordinance violates Texas law and could cost Houston more than $100 million in public safety grants, officials said.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Houston on Thursday, targeting Mayor John Whitmire and city officials over an immigration ordinance the state claims violates Senate Bill 4.
- Passed with a 12-5 vote last week, the ordinance ended a Houston Police policy requiring officers to wait 30 minutes for Customs Enforcement agents to pick up individuals on immigration warrants.
- Facing threats from Texas Governor Greg Abbott to withhold more than $100 million in public safety grants, Mayor Whitmire reversed his initial support and now backs repealing the measure.
- A special Houston City Council meeting originally scheduled for Friday was postponed to Wednesday after the governor pushed the deadline for responding to the funding freeze to the same day.
- Paxton argues the ordinance "blatantly violates" Senate Bill 4, a 2017 law prohibiting "sanctuary cities," while the state contends the measure materially limits the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
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Texas AG sues Houston mayor and city council over new sanctuary city ordinance limiting ICE cooperation
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Houston Mayor John Whitmire and city council members over a sanctuary ordinance that limits local cooperation with ICE.
Texas Leaders Outraged Because Houston’s City Council Chose to Stand with Immigrant Communities | Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Texas Leaders Outraged Because Houston’s City Council Chose to Stand with Immigrant Communities 04/17/2026 jprieto Fri, 04/17/2026 - 11:48 (Houston, Texas) — Apparently frustrated that the Houston City Council voted 12-5 last week to approve an ordinance that protects all communities from the Houston Police Department’s (HPD) overzealous collaboration with ICE, Texas leaders are deploying bullying tactics demanding the council undo its actions…
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Liberty Hill IndependentAs 'constructive conversations' underway between mayor and governor, AG sues
(The Center Square) – An emergency city council meeting scheduled for Friday was canceled, Houston Mayor John Whitmire said, after having constructive conversations with Gov. Greg Abbott.
Texas AG Sues Houston Over 'Lawless' Sanctuary Policy, Says City Has 'No Authority to Ignore the Constitution'
"I will not allow any local official to push sanctuary policies that make our communities less safe," Ken Paxton said in a statement released by his office
Paxton Sues Houston Over ICE Policy Changes
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the City of Houston, seeking to block a recently adopted ordinance limiting cooperation between local police and federal immigration authorities. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Fort Bend County, argues the ordinance violates a state law that prohibits local governments from adopting policies to “prohibit or […] The post Paxton Sues Houston Over ICE Policy Changes appeared first on Tex…
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