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Spokane council affirms Keep Washington Working law after extended, sometimes heated public comment
Summary
The City Council passed a resolution reaffirming the city’s commitment to the state Keep Washington Working Act, drawing large, divided public turnout and extensive testimony both supporting and opposing the measure.
Spokane City Council voted to reaffirm the city’s commitment to the Keep Washington Working Act, a Washington state law that limits use of local resources for immigration enforcement and restricts certain cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
The resolution was advanced from the agenda‑review session earlier in the day and drew the largest public turnout recorded at the meeting. Council legal staff described the resolution as a nonbinding reaffirmation of existing state and local limits on local participation in federal immigration enforcement; it does not amend existing laws. The city attorney’s office told council the resolution does not change federal immigration law and stated the city’s current…
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