Federal–Local Police Cooperation

Everett, Washington Mayor Cassie Franklin has issued a citywide directive instructing staff, including local law enforcement, not to allow federal immigration agents into non‑public areas of city facilities without a judicial warrant and to immediately report immigration‑enforcement activity on city property. The order also requires clearer signage marking restricted areas, an internal policy review and staff training via a new Interdepartmental Response Team, and expanded partnerships with immigrant‑advocacy groups while promoting "know your rights" resources and immigrant‑owned businesses. Franklin says the move responds to residents who are afraid to leave home amid heightened immigration operations and alleged racial profiling, citing reports of children skipping school and workers staying home. ICE blasted the directive in a statement on X, accusing the mayor of telling employees to "impede ICE operations and expose the location of ICE officers and agents," warning it will force agents into more at‑large operations in neighborhoods and "put everyone at greater risk," and arguing Everett should instead sign a 287(g) cooperation agreement. The clash situates Everett inside a broader national pattern of local governments tightening limits on federal immigration access to public facilities, even as DHS and the White House publicly pressure cities and counties to work more closely with ICE in Trump’s mass‑deportation push.