PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Washington Governor Bob Ferguson and Attorney General Nick Brown are vying for a court order to allow health inspections at a Tacoma immigration facility where they allege detainees are treated with “neglect and cruelty.”
On Tuesday, Gov. Ferguson and Attorney General Brown held a press conference, announcing legal action against the GEO Group, a private company that operates the Northwest Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center.
The state leaders are seeking a court order demanding the GEO Group to allow state health department inspectors into the immigration detention facility to ensure it is complying with state law…