Key Highlights
- Franklin issued a mayoral directive this week establishing citywide protocols for staff, including law enforcement, that restrict federal immigration agents from entering non-public areas of city buildings without a judicial warrant."We’ve heard directly from residents who are afraid to leave their houses because of the concerning immigration activity happening locally and across our country.
- It’s heartbreaking to see the impacts on Everett families and businesses," Franklin said in a statement.
- "With this directive, we are setting clear protocols, protecting access to services and reinforcing our commitment to serving the entire community." ICE blasted the directive Friday, writing on X it "escalates tension and directs city law enforcement to intervene with ICE operations at their own discretion," thereby "putting everyone at greater risk." Mayor Cassie Franklin said her new citywide immigration enforcement protocols are intended to protect residents and ensure access to services, while ICE accused her of escalating tensions with federal authorities.
- (Google Maps)ICE said Franklin was directing city workers to "impede ICE operations and expose the location of ICE officers and agents." "Working AGAINST ICE forces federal teams into the community searching for criminal illegal aliens released from local jails — INCREASING THE FEDERAL PRESENCE," the agency said.
- "Working with ICE reduces the federal presence.""If Mayor Franklin wanted to protect the people she claims to serve, she’d empower the city police with an ICE 287g partnership — instead she serves criminal illegal aliens," ICE added.
