Washington leaders announced legal action after state health inspectors have been blocked from entering the Tacoma ICE detention facility, despite a court order.
TACOMA, Wash. — Citing “thousands of complaints” about the conditions in Tacoma’s Northwest ICE Detention Facility, Gov. Bob Ferguson and state Attorney General Nick Brown announced they filed a motion in federal court Tuesday to stop private facilities from blocking health inspectors from accessing them.
“People are being harmed in this facility and inaction is no longer acceptable,” Brown said.
The complaints, Brown said, “paint the picture of neglect and cruelty,”
The announcement marks the latest development in a
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