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Dallas police refuses to join ICE immigration raids, launches outreach meetings with migrants instead

www.latintimes.com Dallas Police Refuses to Join ICE Immigration Raids, Launches Outreach Meetings with Migrants Instead

"There's no room for fear in our community," said Interim Chief Michael Igo on his X account, adding that "we're here to serve and protect all Dallas residents"

Summary

The Dallas Police Department (DPD) announced it will not participate in ICE immigration raids, instead launching outreach meetings to reassure immigrant communities.

Led by the UNIDOS Latino Community Outreach Program, the initiative aims to dispel misinformation and encourage crime reporting.

Interim Chief Michael Igo emphasized that DPD focuses on public safety, not immigration enforcement. However, individuals with outstanding warrants may still face arrest and possible deportation.

Additional meetings, including legal guidance sessions, are planned in Dallas and neighboring areas to support and inform migrant residents.

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Uplifting news? In MY feed?
- From a police department? In Texas???
  
  On a Monday during a Trump Administration?
  
  Sad fact, most major cities in Texas are blue. Even Fort Worth has been going more blue. It the gerrymandering and rural areas keeping it red.
  
  Right, pretty awesome!

The Trump administration is so far right it’s making Texas look liberal.
- The major cities are little drops of blue in a sea of red.
  
  It’s still more purple. Remember, land doesn’t vote. You may be able to gerrymander state and congressional seats, but governor and president are still the entire state. My hopes is it keeps moving more blue, but then you get the Hispanics in the valley who vote against their own interests.
  
  Some parts of the cities might be, but it sure as shit ain't the police departments.
  
  Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think these cops have to live in the areas they police.
- The worst cops aren't always where you'd expect. Cops in Seattle and Austin are atrocious, for example, but Dallas, despite generally being much more conservative, has a much more professional police force in my experience.
  
  I agree, Dallas is better than you might expect, but it gets worse in the Dallas suburbs.
  Seattle and Portland both have major problems with the police acting like a hostile occupying force and interfering in politics.
- Texas has been going purple for a while
- They're cops and the vast majority are probably racist magats. They just use this as an excuse so they can sit on their fat ass and not do extra work. There's donuts to be eaten and minorities to be shot.

Yeah, I don’t know if this is out of benevolence, but I bet there’s a big dose of understanding who props up a lot of the Texas economy.

Do it the American way: arm the undocumented.

DPD has a loooooong, fucked up history with minorities. I'm not fan of cops, but I'll take a W where I can get it.
- Imma wait for the other shoe to drop before I start taking this win.
  
  They want to be the ones to genocide migrants, not the feds.
- Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
- Yeah.... Unless things have significantly changed since I lived in Dallas 10 years ago, I'd say this is just dpd not wanting to add additional work on their plate. Getting them to respond to anything short of murder was like pulling teeth.

And these meetings aren’t just gonna be a honeypot for ICE to raid?
- The chamber is also offering remote participation for those hesitant to attend in person.
- Ummm yes, literally what you wrote. A honeypot FOR ICE; if all the ICE agents show up where they are told there will be a bunch of immigrants but there's just one middle aged white guy named Jim Bob, then everyone else is safe.
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