SEATTLE — In a Saturday post on X, Gov. Bob Ferguson defended Washington state’s immigration policy amid threats of federal crackdowns on so-called sanctuary jurisdictions.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote a letter to Ferguson last week, which he shared on social media, saying Washington state had been identified by the White House as a jurisdiction that “engages in sanctuary policies and practices that thwart federal immigration enforcement to the detriment of interests of the United States.

But Ferguson said “Washington state has no intention of changing our values in the face of threats from the Trump administration.”

A state law passed in 2019, known as the Keep Washington Working Act, limits the role law enforcement agencies can play in aiding the federal government in arresti

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