From 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 went on to encourage Seattle Public Schools and other local governments to do the same.
“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 federal efforts could do “long-term harm” to many communities, so the city has a “shared responsibility to organize, practice solidarity, and do what we can to keep Seattle safe.”
Wilson also 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.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson spoke to Fox News regarding rhetoric against ICE agents.
“ICE officers are facing a 1300% increase in assaults because of dangerous, untrue smears by elected Democrats,” 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.”
Today I announced an initial set of actions to protect city residents in the face of increased federal immigration enforcement activity. #thisisyourcity pic.twitter.com/7BzGfMDpJt
— Mayor Katie B. Wilson (@MayorofSeattle) January 29, 2026
JUST IN: Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announces new guidelines for hindering ICE activities and protecting illegals:
– directs police to follow ICE around, film them and share the info with community orgs
– prohibits ICE from using city property
– $4 million taxpayer dollars to… pic.twitter.com/pbPL2A8db9— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 30, 2026
VILE ACT: DHS claims protestor in Minneapolis ‘bit off’ a federal officer’s finger, Trump posts pics
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