Sheriff Swank’s meeting with ICE officials draws attention of state AG

Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank had a “meet and greet” in April with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Seattle Field Office Director Camilla Wamsley and an acting deputy field office director, public records show.

The News Tribune requested copies of all communications between Sheriff’s Office employees and ICE, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Marshals Service after the Seattle Times reported in July that the Washington State Attorney General’s Office had filed a request for these records.

Recently released emails show that Swank’s assistant, Lurene Muckley, reached out to ICE’s Seattle Field Office in March to set up a meeting, with the subject line “Meet and Greet.”…

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