Washington officials are releasing new information to safeguard migrant students in K-12 schools.It comes days after a new directive from President Donald Trump

U.S. attorneys’ offices were told to investigate any official who defies federal immigration enforcement efforts and consider prosecuting them.

A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they fail to comply.

The locations expected to be targeted by deportation teams from ICE include those with large populations of immigrants, one source said.

Donald Trump is leaning on agencies besides Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help execute his promise of carrying out mass deportations.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday announced that it had rolled back Biden-era guidance that limited federal immigration arrests near sensitive locations, including schools, hospitals and churches.

About 87% of the Central Washington community of Sunnyside identifies as either Hispanic or Latino, according to 2024 U.S. Census estimates. It’s situated in the middle Yakima Valley, an agriculture mecca that produces a bulk of the region’s hops, asparagus and fresh fruit exports.

An estimated 11.7 million people are living in the U.S. illegally, and ICE currently has the budget to detain only about 41,000.

The Trump administration has ordered 1,500 U.S. military troops to the southern border as part of a crackdown on undocumented migrants.

U.S. immigration agents raided a business establishment in Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday and detained undocumented residents as well as citizens, including a U.S. military veteran, the city's mayor said.