Immigration ICE searched WA driver's license data into November, report finds
Despite vows to restrict immigration authorities’ access to Washington state Department of Licensing information, the data sharing continued in a new form, researchers revealed Thursday.
The University of Washington Center for Human Rights reports that federal immigration agents searched Department of Licensing data before stopping drivers at least nine times between August and November.
State officials say they cut off U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to this data in mid-November.
In a joint statement, the licensing department and Washington State Patrol said Gov. Bob Ferguson “stands prepared to take further action” in the face of the Trump administration’s escalating immigration enforcement tactics.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/01/08/ice-searched-wa-drivers-license-data-into-november-report-finds/