Cantwell and Ferguson respond to Bondi letter threatening WA Government Officials over Sanctuary Status
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Last week, Attorney General Bondi sent a letter to Governor Ferguson warning him that Washington state “has been identified as one that engages in sanctuary policies and practices that thwart federal immigration enforcement to the detriment of the interests of the United States.”
Gov. Ferguson responded to AG Bondi in a letter, stating "You are hereby notified that Washington State will not be bullied or intimidated by threats and legally baseless accusations.”
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) issued the following statement:
“Our limited state and local law enforcement resources are needed to fight violent crime and fentanyl. Washington law prioritizes public safety and provides due process.
"The Trump administration should stop threatening states and focus on upholding the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution.”
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"Washington law prioritizes public safety and provides due process." Comical. Just how many people who live in Shoreline and LFP make a point of staying out of Seattle and Tacoma? A young lady I know just graduated from Western Washington and plans to go to grad school to become a speech therapist. She was accepted to the UofW but isn't going to attend because the U District is unsafe. A family I know HAD a son. He and his girlfriend went to a birthday party in W Seattle. On the way home a drunk undocumented guy, who had been previously deported, hit them going well over the speed limit. Killed both of them. Cantwell is living in Never Never Land.
Washington's contempt for federal immigration law leads to citizens being killed by illegal immigrants, both inside and outside the state.
In March 2024, WA State Trooper Christopher Gadd was killed by a Mexican national illegally in the country as the Trooper sat in his patrol car on the shoulder of I-5 in Marysville.
Last Tuesday, three Floridians were killed by an Indian national illegally in the country who made a reckless U turn on the Florida Turnpike using the crossing designated for police only. The victims' van didn't have time to stop or evade and ran into the side of his trailer, chopping off the top of the vehicle. Per the US Department of Transportation, in July 2023, Washington Department of Licensing issued the causing driver a permanent Commercial Driver's License in direct violation of federal law governing motor carriers.
This has to stop. Work to change federal law if you want, but thumbing your nose at it as the Governor and other state officials do every day is what has led us to this moment.
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