Immigration Agents Still Access WA Licensing Data, UW Report Shows

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.

Immigration agents still access WA licensing data, UW report shows

More than a half dozen years after Washington began limiting access to driver’s license data for immigration enforcement, federal officials were still using the information for immigration arrests as recently as late last year, a report released Thursday shows. Read more...

Federal immigration agents continue accessing Washington state driver's license data

WASHINGTON STATE — A new report has revealed that driver's license data from Washington state continues to be accessed by federal immigration agencies, despite previous promises to cut off such access.

ICE searched WA driver’s license data into November, report finds • Washington State Standard

(Photo via U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)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 …

Washington state cuts off ICE access to data system used for immigration enforcement

SEATTLE — The state Department of Licensing revoked Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to a data search system Wednesday after discovering the federal agency used it to get information about a Kirkland man targeted for deportation.The use of that data for immigration enforcement, confirmed by the state after a KING 5 investigation, violated an agreement between the licensing department and ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, accordin…