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  • Sheriff Rejects Body Armor For Deputies To Avoid Cooperating With ICE

    03/04/2018 7:49:37 PM PST · by Beave Meister · 45 replies
    Blue Lives Matter ^ | 2/18/2018 | Holly Matkin
    A Texas sheriff refused to sign a letter agreeing to hold arrested illegal immigrants for ICE. ​Austin, TX – Travis County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) deputies lost the opportunity to receive lifesaving ballistic vests, after the department’s sheriff decided it was more important to shield illegal immigrants from federal agents. The vests were made available through a unanimously approved state Senate bill in 2017, which allocated $25 million to help Texas law enforcement agencies to purchase the gear for their officers in the wake of the July 7, 2016 police ambush in Dallas that left five officers dead, KXAN reported. In...