SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell will sign two executive orders on Wednesday morning. One will prepare for the possibility that President Donald Trump deploys the National Guard to Seattle. The other is aimed at protecting immigrants and refugees in the event of a ramp-up in ICE enforcement action.
Harrell discussed the first executive order at a press conference earlier this month, where he was joined by Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown. Both said that, while they had no knowledge of concrete plans to deploy the National Guard to Seattle, they were treating it as a real possibility.
This came after Trump announced plans to deploy the guard to Portland, where he alleged Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities were under attack. Oregon officials dispute those claims.
Harrell’s first executive order will outline how the city and its departments will respond if Trump does deploy troops to Washington state, including:
Harrell’s second executive order will strengthen services and protections for the city’s immigrant and refugee communities, including “strategies to address the use of unmarked, masked federal agents conducting immigration enforcement raids,” according to the mayor’s office.
Trump has long promised severe ICE enforcement action in sanctuary cities around the United States, of which Seattle is one. Seattle and Washington state at large prohibit law enforcement agencies from cooperating with ICE or enforcing federal immigration policies at the local level.
Washington has been the subject of threats from the federal government to change its sanctuary policies or face funding cuts, but state and local officials have refused to capitulate.
트위터 공유: 시애틀 시장 ICE 대응 준비 행정명령 발동