WA Gov. Inslee Says No State Law Enforcement Can Join In on Trumps Immigrant Roundup
Gov. Jay Inslee today signed an executive order forbidding state agencies from aiding the Trump administration in its crackdown on illegal immigration.
On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security released documents that, as the New York Times put it, unleashes “the full force of the federal government to find, arrest and deport those in the country illegally, regardless of whether they have committed serious crimes.” While the effort would obviously be led by federal agents, the documents call for the enlistment of “local police officers as enforcers,” the Times reports.
Inslee’s order states that no such enlistments will come from state ranks. “The Washington State Patrol or Department of Corrections, or other executive or small cabinet agency with arrest powers…shall not arrest solely for violation of federal civil immigration laws, except as otherwise required by federal or state law or authorized by the Governor. Specifically, no agency may enter into any agreements with the federal government authorizing such authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act.” It also orders state agencies to not withhold state services based on immigration status or request “specific documents…in order to ascertain a person’s immigration status for the sole purpose of identifying if a person has complied with federal civil immigration law.”
It also forbids the state from helping in “creation of any federal program requiring registration of individuals on the basis of religious affiliation…”
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