Overview
- Abbott's office, in an April 16 letter, gave Dallas until April 23 to repeal police directives or risk losing about $32.1 million in state public safety grants.
- The state says Dallas police rules bar officers from prolonging stops to check immigration status or holding people for ICE, which it argues conflicts with a 2025 DHS cooperation pledge.
- The letter warns that keeping the Dallas policy could also jeopardize about $55.1 million tied to security for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the Dallas–Fort Worth area.
- Houston's mayor postponed a City Council vote to April 22 on rolling back an ordinance that limits cooperation with ICE after the governor threatened to cancel $110 million in grants.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Houston, saying the ordinance violates SB4, a 2017 state law that forbids city policies that curb immigration enforcement.