Houston City Council members push to codify ICE order into city ordinance

Three Houston City Council members are seeking to turn Mayor John Whitmire’s executive order limiting police cooperation with ICE into a city ordinance. The order directs Houston police to contact ICE only when a suspect has an active criminal warrant or is arrested for a new offense that could lead to jail time. The council members also want public reporting requirements; the mayor’s office warned that added provisions could risk violating state law, ABC13 reported.