For several months, immigration officials noticed cooking quiet resistance at King County International Airport.
Suddenly, flights were redirected to deport undocumented immigrants. There were no official prohibitions, no public statements – just by pressing the roadblocks that made federal operations more difficult. Behind the scenes between the local authorities and Trump’s administration, the battle, which changed once to make the process once for a legal distance.
The Federal Court of Appeal ruled that US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) could continue to use the airport in the area of ​​rented deportation in the area of ​​rented deportation-no, which favors the incoming Trump administration.
The Court of Appeal 9 was annulled by the 2019 Executive Order issued by local officials in Washington, King County, Washington, which was to block Trump’s immigration action.
According to King County, King County violated his contractual obligations by attempting to stop deporting operations at King County’s International Airport, also known as Boeing Field.
The court considered the local order illegal and stated that it was unfairly targeting the ice and interfereing with federal immigration efforts. In 2019, Trump’s administration used the Boeing field for deportation flights, but the local order forced ice to move operations to Washington Yakima Airport – much further from the northwestern ICE detention center.
This change not only increased transport and operating costs, but also increased security risks, he noted the decision.
The federal government filed a lawsuit in 2020 and accused King County of violating the long -term agreement of the First World War, which allows the federal government access to the airport. The lawsuit claimed that the region’s conduct was discriminated against by ICE and prevented federal processes.
30 November Judge Daniel A. Bress of 9. The circuit confirmed the decision of the lower court, towed with ice.
“This is not the case that local officials are obliged to carry out federal recovery of immigration,” Bress wrote in his opinion, who received Fox News Digital. “Rather, the United States is asking King County as a public airport owner to eliminate unfair restrictions that prevents private parties in cooperation with the Federal Government to promote immigration.”
Fox News also said that the new decision emphasizes more transparency on deporting flights. The airport now provides a public conference room with a live video of such flights and maintains an updated protocol of deportation activities on the region’s website
Conclusion:
 Decision 9. The District Court represents a significant victory for the federal immigration authorities and the incoming administration of Trump and reaffirms the right of the federal government to use public facilities to promote immigration promotion. By overturning King County’s attempt to block deportation flights from Boeing Field, the County has strengthened the limits of local interference in federal operations.
In addition, the decision brings renewed focus on transparency and ensures that the public can monitor deportation activities. This case emphasizes the ongoing tensions between local politics and the federal body – and determines the precedent how such conflicts can be resolved in the future.