SEATTLE — 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.

Federal court documents obtained by KING 5 show that in May, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers conducted "a query of Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) records" specifically to identify and detain an undocumented man in Kirkland—a direct violation of agreements that prohibit using state data for immigration enforcement.

The DOL immediately revoked federal immigration agents' access to its licensing database after KING 5 provided evidence that ICE officers used the database for immigratio

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