White-powder letters found at two North Texas ICE facilities, FBI says
Letters that contained white powder were found on Friday at two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in North Texas, but the substance was determined to be not dangerous, authorities said.
The Dallas Fire-Rescue Department HazMat team conducted preliminary tests on the powder at the ICE field office at 8101 N. Stemmons Freeway near I-35E.
Units were dispatched there about 7 a.m. The FBI did not release the location of the second ICE facility at which a letter was found.
“Although the vast majority of white-powder letters are determined to be hoaxes, no threat is taken lightly,” according to an FBI Dallas field office spokesperson. Each incident is treated as a threat.
People who receive, whether to their home or business, a white-powder letter should immediately contact local authorities, according to the FBI spokesperson.
In September, Joshua Jahn opened fire at the Dallas ICE office. He used a ladder to climb with a rifle to a rooftop and intended to kill ICE special agents and stir fear among their colleagues, federal authorities have said. But in what a law enforcement official said was a “tragic irony,” Jahn instead shot to death two detainees.
This story was originally published November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM.
