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Committee backs measure to bar city workers from sharing nonpublic data with immigration enforcement
Summary
The Public Safety Committee recommended passage of Council Bill 121158, which would prohibit city employees from providing nonpublic personal information for civil immigration enforcement absent a warrant or legal requirement; the committee voted 3 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 abstention and will send its recommendation to the Feb. 17 Council meeting.
The Public Safety Committee voted to recommend passage of Council Bill 121158 on Feb. 10, a measure that would amend Seattle Municipal Code chapter 4.18 to prohibit city employees from disclosing nonpublic personal information to outside entities for use in civil immigration enforcement except when authorized by law or a judicial order or where a person gives informed consent.
"This legislation provides that much needed clarity," Council member Teresa Rivera told the committee (as listed in the record). Rivera described the ordinance as striking obsolete language that directed city employees to "cooperate" with federal immigration enforcement and extending clear guidance to non-law-enforcement departments such…
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