Three San Antonio City Council members want to restrict when local police contact federal immigration authorities, joining a push by leaders in Houston and Austin to reconsider those policies after Democrats swept statewide elections in Texas.
Council members Teri Castillo (D5), Jalen McKee-Rodriguez (D2) and Ric Galvan (D6) submitted a memo Nov. 6 requesting a special meeting to consider an ordinance limiting San Antonio Police Department cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They want the meeting convened no later than 2 p.m. Nov. 17.
Under their proposal, SAPD officers would contact ICE about someone only if that person is already going to jail on new charges or other warrants and a national law enforcement database shows an ICE administrative warrant…