Posted on 02/01/2026 7:21:37 AM PST by MtnClimber
Seattle’s communist Mayor Katie Wilson has announced plans to mobilize the city’s police force to gather intelligence on ICE agents conducting immigration enforcement operations and share that information with “community partners” on the streets.
Wilson said she will also bar federal immigration officers from utilizing city-controlled property, “including parks, parking lots, plazas, vacant lots, garages, and Seattle Center – for civil immigration enforcement.”
The mayor urged other local government entities, including the Seattle School District and Seattle Municipal Court, to adopt similar restrictions.
“Whoever you are, and wherever you come from: if Seattle is your home, then this is your city,” Wilson said in a statement.
Specifically, the mayor directed the Seattle Police Department “to investigate, verify, and document reports of immigration enforcement activity.”
Under the mayor’s plan, if a federal immigration enforcement operation is underway in the city, officers will be sent to the location to document the activity “with in-car and body-worn video, verify the identification of apparent federal agents, and secure scenes of potentially unlawful acts to gather evidence for prosecutors,” KOMO News reported.
Additionally, the city will mandate “closer cooperation between departments and community [anti-ICE] organizations, sharing information through a hotline operated by a community-led partner to connect residents with resources and support.”
Wilson also announced the launch of the Stand Together Seattle Initiative, inviting private property owners to post notices stating that federal agents may not access their property without a warrant.
City employees will receive training on how to report and respond to federal law enforcement activity and “conduct privacy reviews to limit potential data exposure, including reviewing data-sharing agreements in vendor contracts.”
The self-identified Democrat-Socialist said the city will allocate $4 million, previously appropriated by the City Council, to left-wing organizations providing legal defense to illegal aliens and “community support.”
Wilson urged the city to move quickly to organize and “keep people safe.”
Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes said officers will continue to focus on public safety regardless of immigration status and comply with laws barring participation in immigration enforcement. While the department has no authority over federal agents or policies, Barnes said officers will document incidents if notified.
“The Seattle Police Department’s primary responsibility is the life safety of all people,” he said.....SNIP
“Isn’t that obstruction of justice?”
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It clearly is. No one on the right could ever get away with this. But sadly, it doesn’t appear that anything will be done to hold her accountable.
Ignorant? No. She knows what she’s doing. It’s a commie thing
It IS, that’s right.
House all the illegal alien criminals in her house.
And make her pay for all their expenses.
NOW everyone will see how patriotic these ‘public servants’ are - whether they tell the politicos to pound sand, or just reflect the character of so many other police in the past, such as the German polizei that assisted so readily in rounding up and executing civilians.
Let’s see just how important those ‘pensions’ are.
I was a teenager in San Francisco at the time. We drove by the Golden Gate Park panhandle concerts weekly.
Correct.
Nothing will be done.
The Left craps on our Republic with impunity.
Words and laws and platitudes are not working.
The problem is the people that elected her support this.
“Sgt Pepper came ot in June.”
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Now we need sergeants with pepper spray.
Hey, Katie - hop, skip and a jump to declaring state and local cops to be “goons”, just like you’re declaring feds to be “goons”....
Complete LACK of mentality.
The self-identified Democrat-Socialist said
Look, sane people sighting in Seattle;
“The Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) released a statement on social media Friday afternoon blasting Wilson’s “ludicrous” executive order for “pitting two armed law enforcement agencies against each other.”
“Toothless virtue signaling rhetoric like this has already cost two people their lives. 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,” said SPOG President Mike Solan.”
There are hardly no children in Seattle. Fourteen dogs to every one child. Breakfast involves going to the latest restaurant, not making pancakes.
The town is so nice, yet horrible due to social priorities.
"Katie" is going to get people killed with this crap. She goes by "Katie" because that sounds harmless. It's hard to process an evil marxist thug with the name "Katie", inside your head.
“ When do actions like that become sedition.”
About a year ago.
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I would agree since I am inclined to view his actions in just that way, but...this kind of thing (like the scumbags who put out the video about disobeying “unlawful orders”) has effects that go beyond what is happening now.
It allows normalization of this decay of our institutions along the spectrum towards dissolution of them when the time is right.
Exactly. Consequences speak much louder than words. Rhetoric and results are often confused.
Of course she does, as do almost all Demonrat “leaders”, because they see illegal immigrants as potential Demonrat voters
“It allows normalization of this decay of our institutions along the spectrum towards dissolution of them when the time is right.”
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+1 The Left always has a long range plan and that is certainly one of them.
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