{"id":248471,"date":"2026-04-14T01:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T01:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/248471\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T01:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T01:54:07","slug":"texas-ag-opens-investigation-into-austin-over-apd-guidance-on-ice-warrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/248471\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas AG opens investigation into Austin over APD guidance on ICE warrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas  \u2014 The Texas Attorney General&#8217;s Office is launching an investigation into the City of Austin over<a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/new-apd-policy-bars-prolonging-detentions-while-officers-contact-ice-on-admin-warrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> recent changes to Austin Police Department policy <\/a>involving immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>A news flash obtained by CBS Austin and sent to Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and city council confirms the review focuses on updated guidance for how officers handle administrative ICE warrants.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation comes as the state claims those changes may violate Texas Senate Bill 4, a law banning sanctuary cities in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The policy change follows the addition of more than 700,000 ICE administrative warrants to a national law enforcement database earlier this year. According to the city, the revised policy creates a process for officers who encounter a person with an ICE administrative warrant and allows officers to provide \u201creasonable or necessary assistance,\u201d while taking into consideration legal constraints and limited police resources.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/texas-higher-ed-leaders-urge-lawmakers-to-reassess-support-ahead-of-midterms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MORE NEWS | Texas higher-ed leaders urge lawmakers to reassess support ahead of midterms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>City leaders maintain the policy is lawful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe our general orders are consistent with SB4 and will cooperate with the Attorney General\u2019s investigation,\u201d said the newsflash.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/new-apd-policy-bars-prolonging-detentions-while-officers-contact-ice-on-admin-warrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">changes <\/a>were designed to provide clearer guidance for officers while balancing public safety priorities and constitutional requirements.<\/p>\n<p>CBS Austin has reached out the Attorney General\u2019s Office for comment. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 The Texas Attorney General&#8217;s Office is launching an investigation into the City of Austin over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-248471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248471","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=248471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}