DHS criticized Houston’s new policy limiting when HPD contacts ICE and warned that reduced local cooperation could mean a more visible federal enforcement presence. The agency did not announce specific changes to ICE operations in Houston, while Mayor John Whitmire said the change aims to ease fear in immigrant communities and HPD will still contact ICE when someone with an administrative warrant is arrested for a jailable offense.
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HPD's interactions with ICE posed a political conundrum to Whitmire over the past year.
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