Although Washington state sanctuary policies of 2017 prohibit collaboration between local law enforcement and federal immigration enforcement in noncriminal cases, compliance with sanctuary policies has not been systematically studied. We explore information practices and collaboration between local law enforcement and federal immigration enforcement in Grant County, Washington, based on records from November 2017 to May 2019 obtained by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights through Public Records Act (PRA) requests. Qualitative analysis of over 8,000 pages reveals a baseline of passive and active information sharing and collaboration between local law enforcement and federal immigration agencies before Washington sanctuary laws went into effect in May 2019, a practice that needs to stop if agencies are to comply with the laws. We employ a systematic methodology to obtain (through PRA and other Access to Information requests) and analyze official records through qualitative content analysis, to monitor and hold local law enforcement accountable in their compliance with sanctuary laws. This method can be used to examine law enforcement information behaviors in other counties in Washington, and in other states that offer sanctuary protections, as a way to monitor compliance with sanctuary laws and strengthen the protection of immigrants' rights.

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执法的信息实践：被动和主动合作及其对华盛顿州庇护法的影响

尽管华盛顿州 2017 年的庇护政策禁止地方执法部门和联邦移民执法部门在非刑事案件中开展合作，但尚未对庇护政策的遵守情况进行系统研究。我们根据华盛顿大学人权中心通过公共记录法案 (PRA) 请求获得的 2017 年 11 月至 2019 年 5 月的记录，探索华盛顿格兰特县当地执法部门和联邦移民执法部门之间的信息实践和合作。对 8,000 多页的定性分析揭示了在华盛顿庇护法于 2019 年 5 月生效之前，地方执法部门和联邦移民机构之间被动和主动信息共享和合作的基线，如果机构要遵守法律，这种做法需要停止. 我们采用系统方法来获取（通过 PRA 和其他信息访问请求）并通过定性内容分析来分析官方记录，以监控和追究当地执法部门遵守庇护法的责任。该方法可用于检查华盛顿其他县以及其他提供庇护所保护的州的执法信息行为，以此作为监督庇护法遵守情况并加强对移民权利保护的一种方式。