A ‘no trespassing’ sign on a fence outside the Northwest ICE Processing Center. (Photo by Grace Deng/Washington State Standard)
Washington’s Department of Health stands ready to inspect the state’s only immigrant detention center after a court ruling last month.
State inspectors for years have been pushing for access to the heavily scrutinized, 1,575-bed private facility in Tacoma known as the Northwest ICE Processing Center. But the private operator of the site and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have blocked them…