Washington Dem pushes bill to bar recent ICE hires from future police jobs, slamming Trump's 'occupying force'

State Rep. Tarra Simmons, a Democrat from Washington state, introduced a bill to prohibit state law enforcement agencies from hiring recent ICE officers.

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"In this Washington, we have worked incredibly hard to build trust between law enforcement and community," Simmons said in a press release. "In most Washington agencies, the men and women who step up to serve have developed a culture of holding each other accountable to the highest professional standards. The last thing we need is infiltration of ICE agents trained during the Trump Administration to send us backwards." 

"Law enforcement recruitment is paramount, we need more officers," she added. "However, we expect those officers to earn the trust and respect of the communities they live in, not act as an occupying force. This bill is designed to prevent those sorts of dangerous tactics from becoming part of the culture of policing in Washington state."