airport in seattle had been used by immigration and customs enforcement to deport 34,000 illegal immigrants over the last decade. but county executive, democrat dale consisten constantine, issn order issuing companies to stop servicing ice flights or lose the contract with the county. the fed federation for immigran reform calls it a war against border enforcement. this is taking it to a new level. sanctuary policies say the local jurisdiction will not cooperate with i.c.e. here, they re black listing companies that do business with i.c.e. this crosses into probably obstruction of justice. reporter: in washington state i.c.e. and detainees are having to drive to yakima, three hours instead of 40 minutes. an i.c.e. official say state and local efforts thwarting the operation serve to create additional security concerns and add additional costs and delays to local taxpayers.
shannon: heather: welcome back, seattle taking things recently policies to a new level. a king county official warning businesses against fueling claims that ice uses to deport illegal immigrants. more on how the federal government is pushing back. the king county airport was used by immigration and customs enforcement to deport 34,000 illegal immigrants over the last decade but county executive constantine issued an order pressuring to fuel the planes to stop servicing ice planes lose their contract with the county. the federation for american immigration reform calls it an all-out war against border enforcement. this is taking it to a new level. century policies a local jurisdiction will not cooperate with ice. this is taking a step further and blacklisting companies that
jurisdiction? apparently and it is pretty disgusting because if you think about it, this field was being used for this flight so-called switch flights, to remove immigrants from the country since 2010, so this was happening under the obama administration, but nobody said anything. all of a sudden, king county officials are concerned based on a report from university of washington, that there are human rights violations of people ordered deported and are being removed to their home countries. why didn t they complain when obama was in office? clearly president trump is in office, they want to use immigration as political issue and that is why they are making this an issue. these people are treated with respect in digified way and let me say majority of them, majority of people being removed, 34,000 since 2010 are
king towny, democrat, issued order threatening to pull contracts of operators at the airports if they continued to run ice flights. ice now has to drive handcuffed detainees all the way to the airport in yacamu, a three-hour drive to coma. local ice officials issued a statement saying state and local efforts thwarting ice operation serve for additional security concern and add significant delay and cost to u.s. taxpayers, and the brother of a local deputy killed by an illegal immigrant says the sanctuary policies are making it more dangerous for cops and the public. ice says it used king county airport to deport human traffickers, rapists and several murderers.
we are diversity and ecwit and he inclusion all the time, but has no problem discriminating the federal government for enforcing immigration laws in this exemplary of how crazy this region has gotten. responding to that executive order, which bars ice flights, the department of transportation sent king county a letter saying law prohibits enforcement of any such director. the county airport received $21 million in federal grants over the last seven years. one stip population of the grants, the federal government and agencies must have access to this airport. harris. harris: dan springer, thank you very much. big surprise and a huge relief for a group of college graduates, the act of kindness which had studentss at morehouse college in atlanta, georgia, celebrating. and democratic president hopeful pete buttigieg making head dht lines at a town