{"id":248306,"date":"2026-04-13T23:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T23:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/248306\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T23:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T23:26:12","slug":"texas-threatens-to-pull-110-million-in-public-safety-grants-from-houston-over-immigration-ordinance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/248306\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas threatens to pull $110 million in public safety grants from Houston over immigration ordinance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; The City of Houston has learned that the State of Texas is threatening to pull <a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/bbc8dea1a49ed98f626812405\/files\/bf569523-36e9-0bfb-d23c-0eda09253e38\/City_of_Houston_Notice_of_Non_Compliance_4.13.26.02.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">$110 million in public safety grants<\/a> following last week&#8217;s &#8220;Proposition A&#8221; Ordinance on immigration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   City of Houston could lose $110 million in public safety grants following passing of &#8220;Proposition A&#8221; Ordinance <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">According to a statement from Houston Mayor John Whitmire, they were notified the money is being withdrawn because the &#8220;Proposition A&#8221; Ordinance, which was approved by the city council, violates the grants agreements between the state and the City of Houston.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The action follows a <a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/bbc8dea1a49ed98f626812405\/files\/e5b04a38-4c89-9a89-1266-a33f6e2f2130\/2026_0410_City_of_Houston_letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">letter sent by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton<\/a>, who started an open investigation into whether the ordinance violates Senate Bill 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">According to Governor Greg Abbott&#8217;s letter to Houston Mayor John Whitmire, &#8220;This letter serves to notify you that this new ordinance, Section 34-41 of the Houston Code of Ordinances, is in breach of your April 15, 2025, certification and imperils all grant agreements between the City and PSO (Public Safety Office) for Fiscal Year 2026. Please respond by April 20, 2026, to confirm that the City will not enforce, and will to repeal, the ordinance. Failure to do so may result in PSO exercising its sole discretion to terminate all such grants. Our records indicate that the City has received roughly $110 million in PSO grants in Fiscal Year 2026. If PSO elects to terminate those grants, the City would be required to repay to PSO the entire amount on or before the 30th day after PSO terminates.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;This is a crisis situation,&#8221; Houston Mayor John Whitmire said in a statement. &#8220;The potential loss of state funding poses real challenges for the Houston Police and Fire Departments and will impact public safety services across our city, the 2026 FIFA World Cup preparations and the Homeland Security Department. Our public safety departments rely on a combination of local, state, and federal resources to operate effectively.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Statement from Houston Mayor John Whitmire<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; The City of Houston has learned that the State of Texas is threatening to pull $110&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[56,223,27,29,28,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-248306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-houston","tag-news","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-top-stories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248306","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=248306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}