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**Dallas: where criminals thrive and businesses leave.**

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**Crimes increase when District Attorney Creuzot won't prosecute.**

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**Parks and streets are for public use, not private living.**

**How Dallas Leadership is Enabling a Squatter & Illegal Immigration Crisis**

Imagine coming home to find squatters living in your house—and the police telling you there’s nothing they can do. This is the new reality in Dallas, where weak leadership is allowing criminals to steal homes, abuse loopholes, and avoid deportation.

**Dallas-Fort Worth now ranks #2 in the nation for squatting cases, with at least 475 reported incidents**—and those are just the cases we know about.

Many squatters are illegal immigrants, taking advantage of a broken system. And to make matters worse,

**Dallas Police Chief Igo refuses to work with ICE**, meaning even criminal migrants can stay in our communities with no consequences.

This isn’t just a nuisance—it’s destroying lives. Just ask

**Terry Boyette**, a Mesquite homeowner who spent

**nearly a year homeless** while an illegal squatter took over her house.

**For 11 months, she was locked out of her own home, forced to keep paying the mortgage, utilities, and taxes**

**while the squatter lived there rent-free.** By the time she finally got the house back, it was so damaged she couldn’t move in immediately—and the legal battle had cost her over $20,000.

Gov. Greg Abbott has called for tougher squatter laws [link removed] to allow for immediate removal and prosecution, but Dallas leadership is doing the opposite. Understaffed police, a DA that refuses to prosecute, and a city hall that won’t enforce the law have turned Dallas into a safe haven for squatters and criminals.

It’s not just homeowners being targeted—even government buildings are being taken over. Last year, District 2’s

**Jesse Moreno discovered a city-owned building near City Hall had been occupied by 20 squatters for months**—trashed, graffitied, and unsecured. If the city can’t even protect its own buildings, what chance do private property owners have? Meanwhile,

**social media**

**guides are teaching illegal migrants how to abuse squatter laws**—and without ICE cooperation, even those arrested won’t be deported.

Gov. Abbott is pushing for stronger squatter laws, but without enforcement, they mean nothing.

**Dallas must act now.** The city should cooperate with ICE to remove criminal migrants before they have the chance to squat and prosecute squatters aggressively instead of letting them walk free.

Read the

**full breakdown**in our latest

**X thread**:

Thread: How Dallas Leadership is Enabling a Squatter & Illegal Immigration Crisis [link removed]

**Press Highlights:**

**Dallas Bets $3.7B on a Convention Center—But Ignores Crime**  [link removed]

Dallas leadership thinks a $3.7 billion convention center expansion will fix downtown—while violent crime skyrockets and businesses flee. How about securing the streets first instead of wasting billions on another vanity project no one asked for?

**Priorities matter.**

Dallas City Council Shake-Up—Will It Bring Real Change? [link removed]

The May election could bring major changes to the Dallas City Council,

**with three open seats and term limits forcing out longtime leaders.** This is a golden opportunity to replace corrupt officials and bring real reform to the city. Will Dallas finally get the leadership it deserves or more of the same?

Dallas Throws $2.5M at Homelessness—Again [link removed]

Dallas just approved $2.5 million for a homelessness program that isn’t working. Mayor Johnson was right to oppose it—

**taxpayers keep funding “solutions” while the crisis gets worse.** How much more money will Dallas burn through before trying something that actually works?

**Tracking Illegal Camps:**

**District 14, Councilman Paul Ridley**

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**The Highway Slum**

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Beneath IH-45, this sprawling encampment is turning public space into a lawless zone. Tents, trash, and shopping carts line the area, while a fence meant to keep it contained is doing absolutely nothing. This crisis is impossible to miss—except, apparently, for

**Councilman Paul Ridley**. How long will D-14 residents be forced to accept this growing disaster while City Hall turns a blind eye?

**District 2, Councilman Jesse Moreno**

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**Hidden in Plain Sight**

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Tucked behind a fence and buried in overgrown trees, this encampment near S Cesar Chavez Blvd sits just blocks from some of Dallas’ busiest areas. What looks like a quiet patch of green has instead become a makeshift campground, complete with tents and scattered belongings. The city talks about revitalization, yet these encampments keep multiplying.

**Councilman Jesse Moreno**, how long will downtown residents and businesses be forced to live with this?

**District 6, Councilman Omar Narvaez**

**"Mockingbird Mess**"

Tucked along W Mockingbird Ln, this encampment has taken root right next to businesses and a fenced-off property. Piles of debris and makeshift shelters signal a growing problem that continues to spread across District 6. While the city claims to be tackling homelessness, the reality on the streets tells a different story.

**Councilman Omar Narvaez**, why does this remain untouched while surrounding communities are left to deal with the consequences?

To Report an Encampment: Dial 3-1-1 or Call (214) 670-3111 tel:(214)%20670-3111 and Click on your

**District Councilman to Email them with the Date and Camp Location.**

Chad West, Council District 1 mailto:[email protected]

Jesse Moreno, Council District 2 mailto:[email protected]

Zarin D. Gracey, Council District 3 mailto:[email protected]

Carolyn King Arnold, Council District 4 mailto:[email protected]

Jaime Resendez, District 5 mailto:[email protected]

Omar Narvaez, District 6 mailto:[email protected]

Adam Bazaldua, District 7 mailto:[email protected]

Tennell Atkins, District 8 mailto:[email protected]

Paula Blackmon, District 9 mailto:[email protected]

Kathy Stewart, District 10 mailto:[email protected]

Jaynie Schultz, District 11 mailto:[email protected]

Cara Mendelsohn, District 12 mailto:[email protected]

Gay Donnell Willis, District 13 mailto:[email protected]

Paul E. Ridley, District 14 mailto:[email protected]

**Mission Statement:**

Keep Dallas Safe exists to address crime and homelessness in Dallas with the goal of transforming Dallas into the safest large city in Texas for residents and businesses. We aim to have a City Council that prioritizes crime rate which directly determines the quality of life in Dallas. We do this by fighting against the "defund the police" movement, holding accountable our city leaders' efforts towards lowering district crime rates, and highlighting our city's homelessness problems by pushing for enforcement of the prohibition of urban camping.

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