(The Center Square) – Washington state and Seattle are not changing their immigration policies despite being identified Tuesday in a Department of Justice sanctuary jurisdictions list of 35 state and local governments that have policies perceived to impede federal immigration law enforcement.

In April, President Trump signed an executive order , "Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens," directing the Justice Department to "publish a list of States and local jurisdictions that obstruct the enforcement of Federal immigration laws" to be known as "sanctuary jurisdictions."

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson does not plan to change the state’s immigrant protection laws. The governor said the Trump administration’s “relentless targeting of law-abiding immigrants is wrong.”

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