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Seattle council members condemn recent ICE actions, track two state bills and plan public-safety committee hearings

Seattle City Council · January 12, 2026
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Summary

Council members denounced recent federal immigration enforcement deployments and discussed legal options while identifying two state bills to monitor; public-safety and emergency-management reviews were scheduled starting tomorrow.

Council members used the briefing to voice unified condemnation of recent ICE deployments and associated violent incidents reported elsewhere in the region, and to describe planned committee follow-up and state-level tracking.

Council member Saka identified two state bills the council would monitor this week: Senate Bill 5855, described in the briefing as a measure to limit law enforcement masking while interacting with the public, and…

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