The Dallas Police Division (DPD) has begun internet hosting a collection of outreach conferences to tell immigrant communities that the company won’t participate in any deportation raids or arrests presently being carried out by the Trump administration.
At the very least 5 conferences are going down, with the primary kicking off on Wednesday and the rest working by way of Feb. 20, in line with the DPD Fb web page.
On Wednesday, DPD Interim Chief Michael Igo tried to assuage fears working by way of native immigrant communities that the power will help Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in its deportation efforts, which have ramped up underneath the Trump administration.
Chief Igo mentioned his division wouldn’t flip in or report anybody within the nation illegally who calls 911 for assist. (Fox Information/iStock)
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“The Dallas Police Division isn’t aiding any federal company on detaining folks which might be both documented or undocumented within the metropolis of Dallas,” Igo mentioned to attendees at Familia Bethel Internacional church in Dallas, per CBS Information.
Igo, who has been interim chief of police since October, instructed the Spanish-speaking parishioners that his division wouldn’t flip in or report anybody right here illegally who calls 911 for assist or is pulled over for site visitors violations.
“I would like you guys to proceed to name the police, to not be afraid to return out of your houses to go to work, to ship our children to highschool,” mentioned Igo.
He additionally reassured the parishioners that no arrests or raids could be carried out in church buildings, colleges or hospitals, though he did say that immigrants with excellent warrants would doubtless face deportation.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) knocks on the door of an alleged suspect throughout an ICE Raid in Chicago, Illinois. The Dallas police chief mentioned his division wouldn’t flip in or report anybody within the nation illegally who calls 911 for assist. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)
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Igo additionally took to X final evening to relay his message that DPD wouldn’t cooperate with federal immigration officers.
“There’s no room for concern in our group,” Igo wrote on X. “I’m assembly with stakeholders throughout Dallas to reassure them we’re right here to serve and shield all Dallas residents and are dedicated to imposing metropolis ordinances and state legal guidelines.”
It’s not the primary time Igo has made public remarks that will seem like counter to the Trump administration.
President Donald Trump and deported migrants from Colombia. (Jim WATSON/AFP, left, and Colombian authorities)
Late final month, Igo, posted a video message to X, saying that each one residents could be handled the identical no matter their immigration standing.
Igo’s newest feedback come as newly sworn-in Legal professional Common Pam Bondi Trump filed a lawsuit Wednesday in opposition to the state of New York and its governor, Kathy Hochul, and Legal professional Common Letitia James, alleging a failure to adjust to federal regulation by shielding unlawful immigrants.
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Dallas is one among two cities among the many nation’s largest dozen cities, together with Texas neighbor Fort Price, that’s led by a Republican mayor.
Final yr, DPD reported an 8.2% lower in violent crime throughout the town in 2024, together with a 26% discount in murders in comparison with the earlier yr. The decline in homicides represents 65 fewer homicide victims than in 2023, bringing the town’s homicide charge to its lowest degree since earlier than the pandemic, in line with information launched by DPD.
Fox Information’ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
