Houston mayor calls emergency city council meeting Friday to repeal anti-ICE proposition

[Polishprince]

This would otherwise be known as blackmail.

Not "blackmail" at all. Cities have to meet guidelines in order to qualify for federal grant money. Don't meet it, you don't get it.

Just like you have to be poor to get a federal Snap benefit. If you have beaucoup cash, you don't qualify.

 

[martybegan]

This would otherwise be known as blackmail.

Nope. Power in a State flows from the State Government down to the local governments, as per the State Constitutions.

Read up on "Home Rule" provisions as they relate to the relationships between State and Local governments.

 

[martybegan]

Texas government often conflicts with the Constitution.

This is a matter for the Texas State Constitution, not the Federal Constitution.

 

[Independent thinker]

MSN

Houston Mayor John Whitmire has called an emergency city council meeting on Friday for members to consider repealing Proposition A, which limits Houston Police Department officers' interactions with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

As of Tuesday afternoon, an account used by the city of Houston to receive grant money from the governor’s Office of Public Safety was closed and the city lost $110 million in funding because of Proposition A. The funding gap directly impacts HPD, the Houston Fire Department, and city offices of Emergency Management and Homeland Security unless the proposition is rescinded.

The governor’s office contacted Whitmire stating the proposition made the city in violation of grant conditions the city agreed to in order to receive the funding, The Center Square reported.

Who are blue chocolate cities in red states who think they can flaunt state laws and get away with it? They need to remember who holds the purse strings.

Houston/Harris County has not been the same since they took in the "refugees" from Katrina.

They wake up to the truth one by one.