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Adams County sheriff tells House subcommittee Washington law bars honoring ICE detainers, prompting state lawsuit
Summary
Sheriff Dale Wagner told a House Judiciary subcommittee that Washington’s Keep Washington Working Act prevents his office from holding or transferring people on ICE detainers, leaving his small sheriff’s office to contend with repeat offenders and a lawsuit from the Washington attorney general.
Sheriff Dale Wagner of Adams County, Washington, told a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on sanctuary jurisdictions that state law and local sanctuary policies have limited his office’s ability to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
Wagner testified that “these sanctuary policies prohibit law enforcement from working with federal immigration agencies such as ICE and Border Patrol,” and said the result has been “repeat offenders, drug traffickers, and violent criminals… remain[ing] in our communities instead of facing appropriate legal action.”
The issue centers on Washington’s Keep Washington Working Act, which Wagner said prevents his office from holding or transferring…
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