WA Department of Licensing: We don't give out immigration info to ICE
Kim Malcolm talks with Washington Department of Licensing spokesperson Gigi Zenk about the agency's policy about giving information to Federal authorities.
On Monday, the Washington Post reported that Federal agents could use facial-recognition technology to find undocumented immigrants through Washington's driver's license system.
Zenk said the department would not look at a Federal request for a facial recognition search of its databases without a court order. Even then, she said, “if we have found that it is related to immigration, we would not release information.”
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Kim Malcolm
Afternoon News Host
Kim is the local news host of KUOW's All Things Considered, airing from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. weekdays. Kim covers breaking and developing daily news, both local and regional, as part of NPR's afternoon drive time programming.
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Andy Hurst
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Andy Hurst is the senior producer for KUOW’s local broadcast of All Things Considered. He works behind the scenes to produce the conversations you hear each day with newsmakers, community members, experts, and journalists.
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