By Ben Adlin ( November 14, 2025, 10:22 PM EST) — Washington’s King County is challenging what it calls a “quirk” in Washington state law that unconstitutionally prohibits “lawfully present, work-authorized immigrants” from serving as corrections officers for local governments — though they can work in corrections at the state level….

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