{"id":212132,"date":"2026-03-19T23:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/212132\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T23:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:21:13","slug":"bexar-county-da-candidate-jane-davis-pledges-to-prosecute-ice-agents-who-break-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/212132\/","title":{"rendered":"Bexar County DA candidate Jane Davis pledges to prosecute ICE agents who break the law"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Democrat candidate for Bexar County District Attorney Jane Davis, left, and third-place finisher Shannon Locke, right, pose for a photo following a press conference on Thursday. Credit: Michael Karlis<\/p>\n

Criminal defense attorney Shannon Locke on Thursday endorsed Jane Davis for Bexar County District Attorney after the Democrat pledged to prosecute Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who break local laws. <\/p>\n

Pursuing similar charges against federal agents was among Locke\u2019s campaign promises as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter we got the election results, I went to our two remaining Democratic candidates,\u201d said Locke, who finished third in the Democratic primary on March 3. \u201cI spoke with them both in detail. One of them was willing to listen to my ideas, and the other was not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, Locke was the only Democratic primary candidate to champion investigating and prosecuting ICE agents in Bexar County. Davis was initially against Locke\u2019s proposal<\/a> on the debate stage, arguing that it wasn\u2019t possible for the DA\u2019s office to investigate a federal agency.<\/p>\n

However, Davis clarified her stance during the presser, maintaining that she was opposed to investigating ICE but not to prosecuting them when they break the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I was skeptical about is when we use the terms \u2018I\u2019m going to investigate ICE,\u201d Davis said. \u201cYou\u2019re not going to investigate a federal agency, and it\u2019s not practical. But, we can enforce the law when federal agents break it.\u201d<\/p>\n

During Thursday\u2019s presser, Davis also said she would be to hire more prosecutors to prevent more deaths at the troubled Bexar County jail.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been 85 deaths in the past few years in the Bexar County jail,\u201d Davis said. \u201cPoor conditions are unacceptable. We need to do better. One way to do better is to have more prosecutors move cases faster.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said she would train new hires by holding seized-asset auctions, which the DA\u2019s office has done in the past but has refrained from doing in recent years.<\/p>\n

Davis, who currently heads the juvenile section for the DA\u2019s office and has more than four decades of prosecutorial experience, also ripped her opponent<\/a>, former 4th Court of Appeals judge Luz Elena Chapa.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy opponent has never worked in a DA\u2019s office \u2014 has no clue how it works,\u201d Davis said. \u201cI think it\u2019s very important to realize that when somebody comes in without any experience, they are a puppet for whoever brings them, whoever endorses them.\u201d<\/p>\n

So far, Chapa has garnered endorsements from the San Antonio Police Officers Association (SAPOA) and the Deputy Sheriffs\u2019 Association of Bexar County (DSABC). Meanwhile, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) endorsed Davis this week.<\/p>\n

Davis and Chapa will face off in the May 26 Democratic primary runoff. The winner of which will then take on Republican candidate Ashley Foster.<\/p>\n

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