Spokane为8名新军官批准了1MDOJ赠款,但保证不会迫使移民合作。 Spokane approved a $1M DOJ grant for 8 new officers, with assurances it won’t force immigration cooperation.

斯波卡内市议会批准了一笔100万美元的司法部赠款,用于雇用8名新警官,这压倒了20多名居民的关切,他们担心此举会迫使他们与联邦移民执法部门合作。 The Spokane City Council approved a $1 million DOJ grant to hire eight new police officers, overriding concerns from over 20 residents who feared it could force cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. 虽然批评者担心资金可能与华盛顿州反ICE政策发生冲突,但城市官员和警察局长凯文·霍尔(Kevin Hall)向公众保证,这笔赠款不需要遵守联邦移民行动或行政命令,强调该部对移民的现有保护,以及如果未来授权违反当地法律,有权退还资金。 While critics worried the funds might conflict with Washington state’s anti-ICE policies, city officials and Police Chief Kevin Hall assured the public the grant would not require compliance with federal immigration actions or executive orders, emphasizing the department’s existing protections for immigrants and its right to return funds if future mandates violate local law. 这笔赠款需要25%的当地火柴,用于支持预防枪支暴力以及社区警务方案下的社区治安。 The grant, which requires a 25% local match, supports gun violence prevention and community policing under the COPS program.