WATCH: 'Elections matter.' Houston mayor limits police cooperation with ICE
Topics: Immigration & ICETexas Politics
2 outlets (PBS NewsHour and Fox News) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 2 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Both headlines use “cooperation”, “ICE”, “Houston”, “mayor”. Distinct wording: PBS NewsHour uses “Elections” and “police”; Fox News uses “crashes” and “early”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- PBS NewsHour reports: “The shift in the nation's fourth-largest city is one of the first actions to restrict U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations since Democrats' rout in Tuesday's midterm elections.”
- Fox News reports: “Houston Mayor John Whitmire bars police from notifying ICE during nonviolent stops despite defeated Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's order.”
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- PBS NewsHour: WATCH: 'Elections matter.' Houston mayor limits police cooperation with ICE
- Fox News: Houston mayor bolts early from ICE cooperation after blue wave crashes in Texas
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