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Resident warns League City council resolution on 287(g) task force could widen enforcement scope
Summary
At the Aug. 26 workshop public comment period, resident Amy Lynn Hicks urged the council to define limits for a resolution authorizing 287(g) warrant-service officers and task-force programs, saying vague language could deter crime reporting and affect school attendance.
Amy Lynn Hicks, a League City resident, used the council’s public comment period on Aug. 26 to urge clearer limits on a proposed or existing resolution she described as authorizing 287(g) warrant-service officers and a task-force model program.
“I am fearful that the resolution doesn't do much to define the scope of the program or, if the scope of the program changes, how the council will oversee that or be able to direct that,” Hicks said. “This seems to suggest that the program could be used to go after anybody who might interact with police, including people who are reporting crime in their communities. And that may cause fear and cause less cooperation with the League City Police Department.”
Hicks said her concern stems from prior council discussion and language used in an earlier meeting. She expressed worry that individuals who are participating in immigration-related court processes and who lack a particular immigration document could avoid contact with schools and public agencies out of fear. She said, without offering a statistical breakdown, that her daughter’s school experienced a noticeable drop in attendance the day after an executive order she referenced; she said about one-third of students did not show up and that the students were likely of mixed immigration status. Hicks said the attendance shift followed a rally organized by LULAC.
The transcript does not record a response from council or staff on the concerns raised during Hicks’s remarks, nor does it include language from the resolution itself. The speaker asked the council to clarify oversight and scope in the resolution so that community members who are cooperating with legal processes would not be deterred from interacting with police and public institutions.
The resolution Hicks referenced was described in public comment as a “resolution authorizing 287(g) warrant service officer and task force model programs”; the transcript does not indicate any formal action or vote on that resolution during the workshop.
