Washington state AG sues Adams County over immigration enforcement
BY MYNORTHWEST STAFF
MyNorthwest.com
The state of Washington filed a lawsuit against the Adams County Sheriff’s Office and Adams County on Monday for violating the Keep Washington Working Act, which established the state as a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants.
Attorney General Nick Brown argues in the complaint that the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, since at least 2022, has been “consistently engaged in several practices that violate state law.”
The lawsuit alleges that deputies have “unlawfully held people in custody based solely on their immigration status” and “have gone out of their way to enable federal immigration agents to interview or question people in custody, including transporting people in county vehicles expressly for that purpose.” Brown further alleges that the Adams County Sheriff’s Office shared the personal information of hundreds of Washingtonians with immigration officials, in violation of the state sanctuary law.
“Washington has the right and the responsibility to decide for itself how to use its own resources to keep residents safe and the economy strong,” the lawsuit says. “The State cannot stand by when elected officials publicly boast that they are breaking state law and putting their own communities at risk.”
https://mynorthwest.com/local/ag-adams-county-immigration/4060561
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