{"id":228319,"date":"2026-03-31T09:15:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/228319\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:15:06","slug":"hpd-ice-cooperation-could-be-further-limited-by-city-council-proposal-newsradio-740-ktrh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/228319\/","title":{"rendered":"HPD ICE Cooperation Could Be Further Limited By City Council Proposal | NewsRadio 740 KTRH"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right now, HPD officers have to give ICE 30 minutes to come pick up an illegal alien they encounter with an ICE warrant. That rule could be completely eliminated by a new proposal that three members of City Council are trying to force onto the agenda.<\/p>\n

Council Members Abbie Kamin, Edward Pollard, and Alejandra Salinas are working to eliminate the 30-minute window requirement, as well as require HPD to create reports about its cooperation with ICE.<\/p>\n

An earlier version of the proposal also removed HPD\u2019s requirement to call ICE upon discovery of an illegal alien with an ICE warrant altogether, leaving it up to the officer\u2019s discretion. But it was removed by city attorneys over concerns that it could violate state law.<\/p>\n

Kamin, who represents Houston\u2019s District C, says she disagrees with that part of the proposal being removed. \u201cOfficers have discretion every single day in a range of different examples,\u201d she said. She also says other jurisdictions in the state have enacted similar policies.<\/p>\n

The proposal is being pushed thanks to a rule that allows any three council members to add an item to the council\u2019s agenda\u2014something that is typically done by the mayor. Even the Houston Chronicle<\/a> has indicated that this move by Kamin, Pollard, and Salinas could sidestep his authority.<\/p>\n

When asked about that, Kamin said: \u201cI can\u2019t speak to that. We are focused on public safety in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other members of City Council did seem to have similar concerns, however. District A\u2019s Amy Peck pointed out that City Council setting HPD policy isn\u2019t exactly business as usual. \u201cThis is not typical,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is something that usually would be set through HPD\u2019s policy, through the mayor, and through the police chief.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peck also said she didn\u2019t think there was anything wrong with HPD\u2019s current policy of just giving ICE agents a 30-minute window to pick up those with ICE warrants. \u201cHPD was still executing warrants as we would with any department in our jurisdiction, but being fair with it as well,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Former District G Councilman Greg Travis also echoed concerns about this proposition undermining the mayor, saying: \u201cWhitmire is a rational guy, and he wouldn\u2019t allow this to happen. It is an assault against his authority. It\u2019s an assault against the chain of command authority.\u201d<\/p>\n

Travis went on to say that this is exactly why Proposition A\u2014the rule that allows three council members to adjust the council agenda\u2014should be repealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Right now, HPD officers have to give ICE 30 minutes to come pick up an illegal alien they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,66,223,27],"class_list":["post-228319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-local","tag-news","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}