Washington State cuts off ICE access to data system used for immigration enforcement
Washington State cuts off ICE access to data system used for immigration enforcement
The state Department of Licensing revoked Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to a data search system Wednesday after discovering the federal agency used it to get information about a Kirkland man targeted for deportation.
The use of that data for immigration enforcement, confirmed by the state after a KING 5 investigation, violated an agreement between the licensing department and ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, according to Nate Olson, a DOL spokesperson.
The revelation that state licensing data had been used for immigration enforcement took some lawmakers and immigrant advocates aback. The 2019 Keep Washington Working Act prohibits most state agencies from cooperating with immigration enforcement.
Great to hear, except
Everyone really should have been proactive about this in January and cut off all federal law enforcement agencies access to their systems. The fact that we're still playing catch up with these fascist bastards at this point is really dire.
It's worse than that, they shouldn't have had access at all.
Damn, I see what you're saying now, the headline really buried the lede on this
Can't wait to see absolutely nobody go to prison for this
Someone needs to be fired for violating security protocols.
Pre-Trump HSI wasn't an immigration enforcement agency. They did real work like international trafficking. So if they were on mission they wouldn't have any reason to use the data for immigration.