King County Council approved a ban on federal immigration enforcement on county property, aiming to promote safety amid regional efforts to curb the operations.
KING COUNTY, Wash. — Federal immigration enforcement agents are now prohibited from using county-owned property for any operations, according to a King County Council decision on Tuesday.
The ban prohibits the use of county-owned or county-controlled property for any federal immigration enforcement, including staging, surveillance, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operations.
Efforts for the ban were led by Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda, who called the ban a way of “shoring up safer spaces
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