Greg Abbott battles the cities over working with ICE

Greg Abbott battles the cities over working with ICE

April 21, 2026 · 22 min

About this episode

The episode discusses Governor Greg Abbott's threat to withdraw law enforcement funds 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.

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