sanctuary cities

Immigration and Customs Enforcement often asks local jails to hold undocumented people until federal agents can pick them up. Most sheriffs cooperate, but some have taken a stand against the request.

Seattle and King County officials fired back at the Trump administration Friday, saying they won't drop local law enforcement policies designed to protect…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it conducted a major operation last week targeting so-called “sanctuary cities," including Seattle.Focusing…

Six nonprofit organizations have been awarded grants from a $1.5 million legal-defense fund the City of Seattle has set up to help immigrants who face…

LA is among the jurisdictions that limit their cooperation with federal authorities on immigration enforcement. The Trump administration has threatened to cut millions in funding to them.

Voters in Burien will decide the fate of a local law designed to protect the city's undocumented population.An initiative on the Nov. 7 ballot will ask…

The city is filing suit on Monday against the Department of Justice, which announced it would withhold millions of dollars in police grant money from so-called sanctuary cities.

Updated at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1. Original story follows update.The Burien City Council ended a meeting Monday night without taking a critical vote…

The move by Attorney General Jeff Sessions comes after a federal judge blocked a key part of the directive, the threat of withholding federal funds.

The law, effective Sept. 1, allows police to ask during routine stops if someone is in the country legally and threatens sheriffs with jail if they don't cooperate with immigration agents.