Commissioners declare Kittitas County isn’t ‘sanctuary jurisdiction’

Commissioners declare Kittitas County isn’t ‘sanctuary jurisdiction’

Calling out the “current treacherous landscape” of conflicting state and federal laws, Kittitas County commissioners said the county was not a “sanctuary jurisdiction” and it would not get in the way of federal authorities who were “conducting lawful operations.”

Resolution declares county’s non-sanctuary status

By Steven Spencer The Calhoun County Commissioners approved a resolution declaring the county’s non-sanctuary status at the Monday, June 16, board meeting. The issue was brought up at the previous commissioner’s meeting after Calhoun County was included in a list of counties named as sanctuary jurisdictions by the Department of Homeland Security. The creation of the list was included in an Executive Order from President Donald Trump, which was c…