Washington AG pushing new law to protect workers from immigration raids

Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard

October 15, 2025 / 9:22 am

Washington’s Democratic attorney general is looking at a new way to shield the state’s immigrant workers amid the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation agenda.

Attorney General Nick Brown is proposing legislation, dubbed the Immigrant Worker Protection Act, that would require employers to notify their employees of a planned inspection of employment eligibility paperwork within 72 hours of being notified about it by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Other states, including California, Oregon, and Illinois, already have similar laws.

The attorney general’s office notes workplace raids are increasing under President Don

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