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Seattle council holds public hearing on temporary moratorium for detention-center permits as activists press for a permanent ban
Summary
At a public hearing April 28 on Ordinance 127401, dozens of residents urged the Seattle City Council to convert a temporary moratorium on detention-center permits into a permanent ban; Councilmember Rink framed the hearing as a step toward permanent regulations in 2027.
The Seattle City Council opened a public hearing April 28 on Ordinance 127401, a temporary moratorium on permit applications to establish, expand or convert structures into detention centers.
Councilmember Alexis Rink, sponsor of the ordinance, said the emergency moratorium was passed quickly after a federal solicitation posted on sam.gov and that it served as a declaration of public emergency and a work plan toward permanent regulations. Rink cited a recent American Civil Liberties Union report that she said identified a 17th death inside ICE detention facilities and called expanding detention capacity “helping this federal regime ramp up their inhumane enforcement actions.”
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