Texas ICE Offices Received Envelopes With Suspicious White Powder, DHS Says

A shelter-in-place order was immediately issued as ICE officials called in a hazmat team.

Members of the FBI investigate near the scene where a shooter opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas, Texas, on Sept. 24, 2025. Stewart F. House/Getty Images

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 said in a statement.