City officials in Spokane, Washington are proposing two new zoning rules aimed at prohibiting immigration detention facilities in the city.
As Erin Sellers reports for Range Media, one ordinance proposed by Mayor Lisa Brown “would expand city zoning code — which already bans the operation of detention facilities in downtown Spokane — to cover the whole city, effectively prohibiting any private property owners from leasing their land or buildings for the purpose of operating a detention center.”…