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   Seattle mayor pushes local police to track, investigate ICE agents' enforcement   
   activities   
   By Louis Casiano Fox News   
      
   Seattle's progressive Mayor Katie Wilson announced a series of moves Thursday   
   that ban federal agents from using city property to conduct immigration   
   enforcement operations and requiring the police department to investigate,   
   verify, and document reports of enforcement activities, citing the   
   "unpredictable, chaotic, and violent behavior" of the federal government.   
      
   In a news release, Wilson, who was sworn in as mayor earlier this month, said   
   she will sign an executive order prohibiting federal immigration authorities   
   from using city-owned and city-controlled property for immigration enforcement   
   activities.   
      
   "Whoever you are, and wherever you come from: if Seattle is your home, then   
   this   
   is your city," said Wilson said in a news release announcing the move. "And   
   it's   
   our responsibility as city leaders to move quickly and get organized so we can   
   keep people safe."   
      
   The ban includes city parks, parking lots, plazas, vacant lots, storage   
   facilities, garages and the Seattle Center, an entertainment, tourism and   
   performing arts center that includes the city's iconic Space Needle.   
      
   Wilson also encouraged Seattle Public Schools and other local governments to   
   take similar steps following enhanced immigration enforcement in Minneapolis.   
      
   "So many of us are shocked and heartbroken by the news out of Minneapolis, and   
   share a growing concern that our city too could come under attack by the   
   federal   
   government," Wilson said. "I'm also disturbed by what I've been hearing about   
   the huge spike in hotline calls there from families that can't pay their rent   
   because they're afraid to leave their homes and go to work, and about small   
   businesses at the end of their rope because the federal incursion has made it   
   impossible to operate."   
      
   She said the federal government was causing "long-term harm" to many   
   communities   
   and that the city has a "shared responsibility to organize, practice   
   solidarity,   
   and do what we can to keep Seattle safe."   
      
   In addition to the ban, Wilson announced other measures, including requiring   
   the   
   Seattle Police Department to "investigate, verify, and document" reports of   
   immigration enforcement activities.   
      
   The White House blamed local officials for refusing to work with ICE in an   
   effort to safely transfer criminal illegal immigrants into federal custody,   
   forcing federal agents to go into communities where they are confronted,   
   sometimes violently, by agitators.   
      
   "ICE officers are facing a 1300% increase in assaults because of dangerous,   
   untrue smears by elected Democrats," White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson   
   told Fox News Digital. "Just the other day, an officer had his finger bitten   
   off   
   by a radical left-wing rioter."   
      
   "ICE officers act heroically to enforce the law and protect American   
   communities   
   and local officials should work with them, not against them," she added.   
   "Anyone   
   pointing the finger at law enforcement officers instead of the criminals is   
   simply doing the bidding of criminal illegal aliens."   
      
   Officers dispatched to reports of ICE activity will document the activity with   
   in-car and body-worn video, as well as validate the status of federal law   
   enforcement agents through official identification and securing scenes of   
   potentially unlawful acts to gather evidence for prosecutors.   
      
   "I understand the concern and anxiety in the community, and I want to make sure   
   everyone knows that the police are here to keep you safe, regardless of your   
   immigration status," said Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes. "The City of   
   Seattle   
   is a welcoming city, and my officers will continue to abide by all laws and   
   regulations that prohibit our participation in immigration enforcement."   
      
   Mike Solan, president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, the union that   
   represents rank-and-file officers, shot down the idea of having officers pulled   
   into the fight between local jurisdictions and the federal government.   
      
   "Toothless virtue signaling rhetoric like this has already cost two people   
   their   
   lives," Solan said, referring to the recent shooting deaths of Renee Good and   
   Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis. "The concept of pitting two armed   
   law enforcement agencies against each other is ludicrous, and will not happen.   
   I   
   will not allow SPOG members to be used as political pawns."   
      
   Barnes noted that his officers don't have authority over federal agents or   
   federal policies, but that they will document incidents if and when they are   
   notified.   
      
   "The Seattle Police Department's primary responsibility is the life safety of   
   ALL people," he said.   
      
   The city will also invest $4 million in taxpayer funds in organizations   
   involved   
   in legal defense for immigrants and services for immigrant communities. Other   
   initiatives include the establishment of the Stand Together Seattle Initiative,   
   which urges private property owners to post notices clarifying that their   
   property may not be accessed by federal agents without a warrant and mandating   
   cooperation between the city and organizations to share information on   
   enforcement activities through a hotline operated by a "trusted community-led   
   partner."   
      
   "The tragic killings by ill-disciplined federal law enforcement in Minneapolis   
   are absolutely unacceptable," said Councilman Bob Kettle. "Our Council will   
   continue the work to create a Safer Seattle in the face of unprecedented   
   federal   
   law enforcement actions in cities across America which do not promote, but in   
   fact, worsen, public safety. We stand with the people of Seattle to provide   
   real   
   safety, upheld by local law enforcement, whose job it is to protect and serve."   
      
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