Senate Bill 4
Coverage of Senate Bill 4 in the Nexus archive.
- Texas AG sues Houston mayor and city council over new sanctuary city ordinance limiting ICE cooperation
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Houston Mayor John Whitmire, city council members, and police chief over a sanctuary city ordinance limiting cooperation with ICE. The ordinance, passed 12-5, ended a policy requiring Houston police to wait 30 minutes for ICE to arrive for immigration arrests. Paxton claims it violates Senate Bill 4, a state law prohibiting local policies that hinder federal immigration enforcement.
- Texas AG sues Houston mayor and city council over new sanctuary city ordinance limiting ICE cooperation
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Houston mayor and city council over a sanctuary city ordinance limiting cooperation with ICE, arguing it violates Senate Bill 4. The lawsuit names 16 council members, Mayor John Whitmire, and Houston Police Chief J. Noe Diaz. Governor Greg Abbott also threatened to freeze public safety funding if the ordinance remains in place.