Two separate Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in Texas received envelopes containing suspicious white powder, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed on Nov. 21.
“On Friday morning, an ICE officer discovered a white powdery substance in an envelope addressed to the Dallas ICE facility,” DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin confirmed in a statement.
An ICE officer at the Dallas facility opened the envelope—addressed to the “Dallas Field Office”—and noticed the suspicious substance.
A shelter-in-place order was immediately issued as ICE officials called in a hazmat team, the Federal Protective Service, and the Dallas Fire Department “out of precaution.”…