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.

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.

The governor on Tuesday responded to a letter from the U.S. attorney general warning the state over its “sanctuary” immigration policies.

Governor Bob Ferguson said Tuesday that Washington state will not be intimidated by threats of criminal prosecution from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi over the state’s immigration policies.

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

United States Attorney General Pam Bondi has notified Washington state Governor Bob Ferguson that the state qualifies as a sanctuary