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Houston Mayor John Whitmire has directed city police to limit contact with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Reports describe the policy differently: some say it covers people arrested for jailable offenses, while others emphasize nonviolent offenses or people who have not been arrested.
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The order changes how police in the nation’s fourth-largest city coordinate with federal immigration authorities, affecting local enforcement and people who encounter police. It also affects the federal government’s immigration-enforcement operations in Houston.