The University of Washington’s Center for Human Rights (UWCHR) has released a new research report today on how law enforcement in various counties across the state continue to violate the Keep Washington Working Act, a law signed by Gov. Jay Inslee in 2019, which prohibits local jails from holding people for federal immigration officials unless a warrant is signed by a judge.
The key findings of the report, which is titled Protecting Immigrant Rights: Is Washington’s Law Working? can be found in this UWCHR press release as well as in some media coverage by KNKX “WA law enforcement continues to violate Keep Washington Working Act by feeding info to ICE” and a Seattle Times article titled, “UW human rights report questions compliance with state law restricting cooperation with immigration officials.”
