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Advocates call for statewide audit after KING 5 investigation exposes ICE data misuse
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Immigration advocates are demanding an audit of all Washington state agency data-sharing agreements after a KING 5 investigation revealed ICE officers had used state licensing records to track down undocumented residents. That's a violation of state promises.
The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project said the misuse extends beyond just licensing data, calling for scrutiny of health and other agency databases that may be inadvertently helping federal immigration enforcement.
"At the end of the day, this impacts us all," said Malou Chavez, executive director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. "We are asking for an audit of all systems because we have also seen that data shared with federal agencies for health purposes is always being used."
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