Attorney General Ken Paxton said a recent statement by Dallas’ interim police chief raised concerns that the city might be violating a state law against so-called sanctuary city policies.—
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Attorney General Ken Paxton said Thursday that his office is investigating the city of Dallas, whose police department he accused of refusing to comply with state and federal immigration laws.
Paxton pointed to widely reported comments in February by Dallas Interim Police Chief Michael T. Igo that the police department “is not assisting any federal agency on detaining people that are either documented or undocumented in the City of Dallas.”
