WA State Revises Driver LIcense Requirements in Defiance of ICE

Here’s an interesting development out of Washington State, per the Huffington Post:  state authorities announced that they will no longer require drivers to share information about their place of birth, in an effort to prevent ICE officials from relying on state databases to facilitate federal immigration enforcement actions. The state’s Department of Licensing announced an emergency rule to implement this change, and appears willing to enact a final regulatory change in the near future. Apparently, the state agency had been sharing information about drivers with immigration authorities, which was then reported in the Seattle Times, and led WA Governor Jay Inslee to order the DOL to cease such information-sharing.

-JKoh