Greg Abbott battles the cities over working with ICE

About this episode

The episode discusses Governor Greg Abbott's threat to withdraw law enforcement funding from major Texas cities unless they cooperate with ICE.

In this week's episode, Matthew speaks with Texas Tribune politics reporter Alejandro Serrano and Houston Chronicle reporter Abby Church over Gov. Greg Abbott's treat to pull more than $200 million in law enforcement funds from Houston, Dallas and Austin unless their police start cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

People in this episode

Host: Matthew

Guests: Alejandro Serrano, Abby Church

Topics covered

• politics
• law enforcement
• immigration
• local government
• funding

Keywords

• Greg Abbott
• ICE
• law enforcement funding
• Texas cities
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Texas Tribune, Houston Chronicle, Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Places: Texas, Houston, Dallas, Austin

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