“They’re Putting the Migrants FIRST” – Hoston SLAPPED with $110 MILLION Penalty for BLOCKING ICE
And send him back. That may be what that administrative warrant is for. You don’t know. And Miss Shabbos, see, that’s it right there. You keep talking about how you support law enforcement. Don’t ever let me catch you say that again because last week you said we’re racist.
“You are really—”
“I may be.”
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Now y’all, you know, we haven’t been talking about ICE recently, but the fallout from the ICE surge in Minnesota is continuing, y’all. Particularly, in all places, Houston, Texas, y’all.
Now, you’re going to want to watch this video because unless you live down there in those regions, you probably don’t know about this. But this is quite interesting, and this has actually reached a fever pitch, a boiling point, to the point where Houston, Texas is about to lose something like $100 million in funding over its decision not to allow the police to cooperate with ICE.
Now, this is explosive, y’all. Everything’s coming to a head. You have, I guess, a sheriff or a local police officer who confronted the city council just yesterday. Temperatures got heated. I’m going to show it all to you, y’all. So make sure you watch until the end.
First, what we’re going to do, we’re going to set the stage. I’m going to show you where the Houston residents were demanding that Houston police stop working with ICE. They got their way, y’all. And now the governor is retaliating against Houston by saying, “All right, well, we’re just going to cut your funds.”
So first, let’s take a look at how the Houston residents literally lost their minds and blew a gasket over the police cooperation with ICE.
“ICE tactics have come under question and even have been scrutinized by Governor Greg Abbott. ABC13’s Luke Jones joins us live for what we’re calling a temperature check in Houston. Luke, there are a lot of strong opinions all the way around here.”
“Yeah, in fact, Erica, so many people signed up to speak at tonight’s city council meeting. Speakers were limited to one minute as opposed to the usual three minutes. Already a lot of frustration over that, and then the frustration only intensified once the meeting adjourned and no one was able to speak.
Still, plenty of people wanted to, and many of them had signed up, but they were waiting so long to get through security at city hall. By the time they made it up to council chambers, their names had already been called.”
Uproar when Houston Mayor John Whitmire adjourned tonight’s city council meeting for close to an hour and a half. Passionate proclamations.
“No one in this city should have to fear being in public. Families are being hunted and treated like criminals.”
“Get ICE out of Houston.”
From a decidedly anti-ICE crowd:
“John Whitmire, guess what? Bending the knee to Greg Abbott will not save this city.”
The governor among several prominent voices in recent days calling on ICE to change up its approach after the deadly Minnesota shooting.
“They being the White House need to recalibrate on what needs to be done to make sure that respect is going to be reinstilled.”
Of course, not everybody is against the ICE presence in their towns, y’all. There are people, particularly those who have been negatively affected by those in the country without permission. There are many people who are like, “Yeah, you know, we have to enforce the laws. People have to come into the country with permission. They have to stay in the country with permission.”
So even though the media may have you think that everybody’s against ICE presence, that’s not the case.
Words discomforting to those who’ve been happy with the surge in ICE arrests. According to ICE figures obtained by the Deportation Data Project, a 130% increase in the ICEified Houston area in a single year.
Maria Espinoza runs the Remembrance Project, which highlights the stories of Americans killed by undocumented immigrants.
“I absolutely disagree with Governor Abbott to recalibrate ICE. You know, the people voted for mass deportation.”
Not these people looking for any reassurance from Mayor Whitmire:
“For HPD to limit cooperation with ICE where possible and to protect immigrant families who call this city home.”
Tonight, the mayor stayed silent on the subject, but previously said Houston police would only notify ICE if they came across someone with an active ICE warrant, like police do for any warrant.
“You’re all complicit in this, by the way. I don’t care if you’re speaking up, you’re not doing enough.”
Many in this room calling on Houston police to end all cooperation with ICE, including Councilman Edward Pollard.
“HPD to solely focus on local matters.”
To ignore those warrants.
“HPD is solely focused on local matters.”
Others say that would be a mistake. Of almost 3,600 Houston-area ICE arrests over a six-week period last year, ICE says 26% had committed non-immigration-related crimes.
Maria Espinoza’s message to those who want ICE out of Houston:
“Gather your families and select which one you will sacrifice for someone else to supposedly have a better life. I think that’s a question.”
So, in the wake of all of that emotion, all of that freaking out that you just saw, the city council passed rules against the police working with ICE. So the governor said, “Uh, we’re going to cut your funding for that. There’s $110 million on the table. You’re not going to be able to get it if you continue to move in that direction.”
And that led to yet another freakout meltdown situation.
“What does a $110 million funding fight mean for Houston families? It could impact everything from police resources to services for crime victims and even community programs. That funding is now at risk as the state and city clash over a controversial immigration policy.
KPRC2 News reporter Michelle Turner crunches the numbers. Some of that funding goes directly to the Houston Police Department, covering equipment, officer safety, and specialized units that investigate crimes. Now, the union president already said overtime was cut, which means fewer officers on the streets.”
“What other programs are being impacted right now?”
“Every one of them. A long list: protecting our juveniles, protecting battered women, traffic enforcement.”
The World Cup could also be at risk. The price tag: more than $64 million. Now, that money is tied to the controversial immigration policy that city council approved last week.
But after the governor threatened to pull funding, some city council members are fighting back.
“Tomorrow, the city attorney could walk over to the Harris County Courthouse and file a temporary restraining order and a declaratory judgment, and that same day we could get a judgment from the court that says the state cannot pull funding.”
Now, we’re going to go into, we’re going to take a peek, we’re going to peer into a law enforcement official confronting city council, y’all. Confronting city council. To say temperatures got heated is an understatement. Things were on the verge of spiraling out of control. So I’m just going to play this uninterrupted, y’all. Let’s take a look.
“Which, this is the reason that dawns me that none of y’all called me prior to enacting this. The only person I spoke with was America. And I honestly believe y’all duped him. But that’s on me. That’s what I believe.
This is nothing more than you playing politics. Council Member Pollard, Council Member Castillo, Council Member Kamin, y’all are playing politics with our officers. That’s what you’re doing.
Our officers are out there doing a job every freaking day, working their butts off to protect this city. We had over two million contacts with citizens last year, less than 250 citizen complaints. We had over two million contacts with citizens last year and we only had 74 incidents where we had ICE detainers on someone and we turned them over to ICE.
Don’t tell me we don’t have bigger issues in this city. We can’t get our water fixed. We cannot get our heavy trash picked up. We can’t get a fair housing market. We got all kinds of issues that city council should be dealing with. And now we’re worried about this—74 traffic stops last year.
It’s not about politics for us. It’s about making sure our people are safe. You don’t know what those warrants are for, ma’am. You have no clue what those warrants are for. That guy could have beat his wife three or four times and they filed on him and sent him back. That may be what that administrative warrant is for. You don’t know.
And Miss Shabbos, see, that’s it right there. You keep talking about how you support law enforcement. Don’t ever let me catch you say that again because you last week said we’re racist.”
“You are really out of order.”
“I may be.”
“I—”
“You can speak. See, that’s the attitude right there that you give people that live in this city. And you sit there—last week your comments were that we were racially profiling people. I take offense to that, and 5,400 officers take offense to that.
So don’t sit there and say you support us because I disagree with you. Now again, I don’t want to play politics here. I want to do our job. I want our officers to be protected out there. If something happens and we don’t take somebody in on one of these warrants and they go and kill somebody tomorrow or rape or rob somebody, guess what? We’re on the hook and so is the city of Houston because y’all are the ones enacting disorders.
I’m asking you to please consider: get politics out of this. Quit chasing national politics because we don’t care.”
“Thank you.”
“Just a second. Doug, you want to comment?”
“Oh, yes, I do.”
“Please do.”
“Okay. First and foremost, I was elected by the people and you applied for a job.”
“No, I didn’t.”
“So, that means that we have a different mandate. Your behavior, I want to tell you to your face, was disrespectful last week. I’m surprised you didn’t kick the bench. But certainly you then get on social media and you threaten.
I didn’t get the police support when I ran the first two times.”
“So, I’m good in the picture either.”
“It’s okay because you’re one person and you don’t even represent the PAC. Okay? And you have 54 members who think for themselves.”
“54.”
“I’m not really sure that they want to be immigration officers. That’s not what they were hired to do.”
“And they’re not.”
“So certainly, do I need a comment after—did I comment every time you said something?”
“Yeah, you did.”
“No, I did not. But certainly your behavior has been really inappropriate, and I hope the other officers don’t act and speak as you do because that may be why we have a problem here. So anyway, we’re good. But I’m glad you came because I don’t talk behind people’s backs.”
“Oh, neither do I. That’s why I’m here talking to your face, just to let you know that your behavior is totally out of line.”
“And your comments about our officers are totally out of line.”
“By more people than hired you. Okay? So, you have a great day. But what you’re doing here by telling us what we should and shouldn’t do is totally out of line.”
“Well, maybe you should have contacted us.”
“You know what else your job is? Your job is to do what we approve. So, you get busy.”
“Oh, don’t worry. My history speaks for itself.”
“Get busy.”
“Time’s up.”
So, yeah, y’all. You might not have heard about ICE a lot lately. I haven’t heard a lot about ICE or immigration enforcement, but look at the ramifications. Houston is going through it right now.
Now, it looks like they’re about to lose an enormous amount of money for trying to limit their law enforcement from working with ICE to get people out of the country who are in the country without permission, y’all.
So this is still happening, y’all. So, which side are you on? Are you on the side of the people who say, “Yo, limit that cooperation with ICE”? If you were on the city council and you voted for that, and then the governor pulled that 110 millies from you, do you think you’d change your tune?
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