A woman last month flagged down a Houston police officer to tell them about a car crash on Washington Avenue. The officer responded by calling federal immigration authorities on her.
While ICE agents didn’t respond and detain her, as they have in some similar instances, her story is one of at least 22 such cases, including calling agents on a woman stranded with her child at Hobby Airport, according to records obtained by the Chronicle. Experts say the reports reveal a growing sense of cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration officials and could disincentivize people reporting crimes in the future.
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