She called 911 to report domestic abuse. Then Houston police called ICE on her.

a year ago by Davriellelouna to c/news

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Zaktor 197 points a year ago

It wasn't until she called the number the next day that she learned the police had called immigration agents on her. The officer who answered the phone told her that the police report noted that ICE had been contacted, and advised her not to make a report in person or risk being detained, she said.

The only good cop is a cop that snitches and tells you not to trust the other cops.

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JoMiran 75 points a year ago

I know I'll get downvoted to hell for this, but I have to stick up for the big Texas metros, especially Austin and Houston. They are in a constant battle against fascist state government as well as federal fuckery. The police department is legally required to alert the appropriate agencies of any open warrants. If they do not comply, the state and federal government will step in. What they are NOT required to do is to warn the victim against possible ICE detention. That is just HPD trying to do better in what is essentially a fucked situation.

SOURCE: Former Austin resident of over twenty years.

PS: That is not to say that those police departments don't have their issues. They have many. But I don't think they are as complicit with Trump's gestapo as the majority of Florida law enforcement is.

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partial_accumen 12 points a year ago

If they do not comply, the state and federal government will step in.

So the defense is, to avoid having state and federal jackboots come in, the only solution is to put on jackboots yourself and become part of the problem?

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jaybone 4 points a year ago

Aren’t all police agencies required to check on your warrants and report those to whatever jurisdiction they are from?

But as far as ICE, are you saying the Houston police are required to report people to ICE?

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Zaktor 3 points a year ago

Nah, only snitch cops are good cops, and the responding officer just quietly filed the notification to ICE. He could have said right then "FYI, I had to notify ICE because they have an active warrant out for you" or if he was an especially good cop "forget" to, but he just quietly followed orders and reported the victim to the gestapo.

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