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Gov. Bob Ferguson and Attorney General Nick Brown are weighing in on an ongoing battle between the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma and the state’s health department.

State Department of Health officials tried to inspect most recently on March 20, according to the agency. The GEO Group, which runs the detention center, turned them away.

Lawmakers have set aside $19 million to fill in the federal government's cuts to Medicaid.

The Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network said calls to its hotline came from across the state in 2025. In past years, those calls came mainly from specific counties.

The vote Tuesday comes as cities have already passed measures to ban or limit immigration enforcement activities on local government property.

Legal experts weigh in on how Native nations can support their citizens and descendants in the face of increasingly violent encounters with immigration agents.

A mother and son were detained by ICE in Wenatchee after a check-in with U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

The city recently published a web page dedicated to providing links to everything from free legal aid to how to connect with other immigrants from different countries.

Arnoldo Tiul Caal and 10-year-old Karla Tiul Baltazar were arrested Jan. 10 despite an ongoing asylum case and transported to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, in Dilley, Texas, where they remain.

On Monday, Gov. Bob Ferguson criticized the ongoing immigration crackdown in Minnesota and detailed how Washington state may respond to ICE in the future.