U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi — who last week identified Washington and Seattle as “sanctuary jurisdictions” that impede federal immigration enforcement — threatened to deploy the National Guard.

These justifications didn’t end well for Davis and Stephens then; they aren’t likely to end well for Ferguson now,” Walsh said.

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson asserts the state's commitment to protecting immigrants against what he views as harsh federal policies, despite potential legal threats from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Tensions are escalating between the federal government and so-called “sanctuary jurisdictions” like Washington state.

Governor Bob Ferguson said that President Donald Trump's Attorney General Pam Bondi threatened him with arrest in a letter she sent recently in a press conference last night. Ferguson claimed that Bondi's threats were over his state's sanctuary policies that protect the rights of all inhabitants.

He says threats of financial, criminal penalties won’t end state immigration policy and the state will not be "bullied" by the federal government.