A public hearing was held during Tuesday night’s (June 23, 2026) SeaTac City Council meeting to discuss an ordinance that would extend the moratorium on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities created in SeaTac for an additional six months.
In December 2025, the Department of Homeland Security released a notice indicating that they were seeking a service provider located near Seattle and an airport to create a detention facility to provide detention, transportation, and care for people detained by ICE.
On Feb. 10, 2026, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 26-1004 establishing a six-month moratorium on the creation or expansion of detention facilities within the city…