Houston Mayor, 6 November 2026

Watching child porn and selling heroin are classified as “nonviolent offenses” by the way.

This is the Mayor of Houston directly advocating for policies that protect some of the worst criminals in America.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement

I have signed an executive order directing HPD to no longer contact ICE for nonviolent offences, helping reduce fear in our communities. Thank you to Chief Diaz, our state and local leaders for their collaboration. A step toward building a stronger Houston. Let’s Go to Work. https://t.co/r5jshAdqWS

— Houston Mayor's Office (@houmayor) November 6, 2026

🛑 Houston Cuts ICE Out of Traffic Stops, Thanks to Mullin Making Texas the Priority Before the Midterms 🛑 Houston Mayor John Whitmire signed an executive order Friday limiting when Houston police can contact ICE. It took effect the same day. Under the new rule, HPD only calls ICE if someone is already going to jail on a new charge AND has an ICE administrative warrant. Get a ticket or a warning and you go about your day, even if ICE has a warrant out for you. "No contact with ICE over nonviolent, non-jailable offenses," Whitmire said. "Those days are behind us." He didn't hide why. "Elections matter, new leadership, new policies, and that's what we're responding to." Police Chief J. Noe Diaz says the new orders went out to every officer Friday. He also says he pulled HPD officers off task forces over immigration enforcement concerns, and HPD hadn't contacted ICE in six or seven days before the announcement. Whitmire voted against Texas' anti-sanctuary law, Senate Bill 4, back when he was a state senator. Now he says incoming state leaders told him it isn't a priority, and he wants Houston to be "the model for Texas cities." DHS says it's "disappointed that sanctuary politicians seek to limit cooperation with ICE" and that "the Supremacy Clause makes it clear that sanctuary politicians do not control federal law enforcement." This is the radical Democrat agenda. They win one election and the first thing they do is shield illegal aliens from ICE. Mullin made a huge error, or maybe even did it on purpose, given he's a RINO. He made Texas his priority and hammered the border towns hardest, right where the votes flipped. ICE in Harlingen arrested a record 238 people in a single day. Agents ran daily traffic stops in Port Isabel and South Padre, picked up Valley construction crews, and housing projects came to a grinding halt. Then he flooded the whole state with ICE agents right before the midterms, with 4,170 arrests in ten days and a Dallas presser days before the vote. Hispanic voters came out in numbers as a result. Rio Grande Valley turnout jumped roughly 40% over 2022. Starr County went from Trump +16 to Hinojosa +49. Hidalgo went from Trump +3 to Hinojosa +42. Maverick County, home of Eagle Pass, went from Trump +18 to Hinojosa +35. It's mind-boggling @POTUS hasn't immediately fired him.

— Katie K USA (@KimKatieUSA) November 6, 2026

… ICE if someone is already going to jail on a new charge AND has an ICE administrative warrant. Get a ticket or a warning and you go about your day, even if ICE has a warrant out for you.

"No contact with ICE over nonviolent, non-jailable offenses," Whitmire said. "Those days are behind us."

He didn't hide why. "Elections matter, new leadership, new policies, and that's what we're responding to."

Police Chief J. Noe Diaz says the new orders went out to every officer Friday. He also says he pulled HPD officers off task forces over immigration enforcement concerns, and HPD hadn't contacted ICE in six or seven days before the announcement.

Whitmire voted against Texas' anti-sanctuary law, Senate Bill 4, back when he was a state senator. Now he says incoming state leaders told him it isn't a priority, and he wants Houston to be "the model for Texas cities."

DHS says it's "disappointed that sanctuary politicians seek to limit cooperation with ICE" and that "the Supremacy Clause makes it clear that sanctuary politicians do not control federal law enforcement."

This is the radical Democrat agenda. They win one election and the first thing they do is shield illegal aliens from ICE.