The mayor of Austin, Texas, says local police will not be assisting federal authorities attempting to deport criminal illegal aliens endangering the community.
In comments to the media Tuesday, Mayor Pro Tem Vanessa Fuentes confirmed Austin PD wouldn’t work with federal ICE agents who carried out “enhanced targeted operations” in Austin over the weekend.
“Over this weekend we’ve received a lot of feedback from our community,” Fuentes told KXAN. “We have a lot of members that are scared right now with the extent of ICE being and operating in the Austin area and to what extent that impact will have on our immigrant community.”
Fuentes went on to note she’s “proud” the city’s police chief affirmed “that Austin police have not and will not enforce any federal civil immigration.”
“That is [an] important thing for Austinites to know that our local police officers are going to be doing what they do best, which is focus on solving crime versus doing these type of ICE raids or round-ups.”
The mayor pro tem went on to reveal city leaders are focused on “ramping up know your rights trainings and workshops” aimed at educating illegals on ways to potentially resist deportation efforts.
In the past, such guidance – released in 2017 by then-Austin District 4 city council rep-turned-US Rep. Gregorio Casar (D) – has taught illegals to refuse to open doors, record interactions and “fight back” legally in order to subvert federal raids.
Responding to KXAN regarding raids on Sunday, an ICE spokesman noted, “[ICE], along with federal partners including the DEA and ATF began conducting enhanced targeted operations today in Austin to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety and national security by keeping potentially dangerous criminal aliens out of our communities.”
Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis also said she contacted federal agents on Sunday to learn more about the raids and was told they targeted “wanted violent offenders,” adding that “at the end of the day, these are people APD would be looking for as well. They were wanted for violent offenses.”
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan has made it clear elected representatives who defy the deportation effort would be committing felonies under US law if they obstruct federal officials.
“Well first of all, if they don’t want to help us, get the hell out of the way, we’re going to do it,” Homan told Fox News last November following Trump’s reelection victory.
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