The commercial includes shots of Seattle’s city landscape on a clear sunny day with Mount Rainier in the background, paired with booking photographs of men who are presumably illegal immigrants.
A narrator says, “Attention Seattle law enforcement, you took an oath to protect and serve. To keep your family, your city safe, but in sanctuary cities, you’re ordered to stand down, while dangerous illegals walk free. Join ICE and help us catch the worst of the worst: drug traffickers, gang members, predators.”
Recruiting new officers to the Seattle Police Department amid staffing levels being that are the lowest since the 1990s has been a top priority for Mayor Bruce Harrell and other elected officials. Harrell referred to the ICE ad as “political theater” that puts politics over public safety…