(The Center Square) – Despite a majority vote, the Spokane City Council rejected a law Monday that would have banned warrantless searches by immigration authorities on “nonpublic” property.
Councilmember Lili Navarrete proposed the law back in May as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement scoured the Lilac City for illegal immigrants. Having emigrated to Spokane in 1988, she wanted to protect others swept under President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
Washington state already has what many people call a “sanctuary law” that essentially prohibits local law enforcement from assisting ICE, so Navarrete wanted to take a step further: allowing certain officials to designate city properties as “nonpublic” to restrict warrantless access for ICE.
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The council could have passed the law had it not advanced it as an emergency ordinance, which requires at least five
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