Justice Compromised: Immigration Arrests at Washington State Courthouses

In 2019 the University of Washington Center for Human Rights began a study of immigration arrests at courthouses in our state. This report is a preliminary presentation of findings, divided into four sections: extent of courthouse arrests in our state; the specific circumstances of the arrests, where known; the human rights concerns surfaced by this practice in our communities; and ways in which local officials, including prosecutors and law enforcement, have collaborated with ICE and CBP to facilitate arrests at courthouses.