News about Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda

2026 Press releases

March 3, 2026
Council passes Mosqueda’s emergency ban on ICE detention centers
“King County’s land and resources should be used to support the health, safety, and well-being of our communities — not to build systems that isolate, intimidate, and harm the very people who make our region strong. Detention facilities are being used to disappear our friends, family, and community members into inhumane conditions, often without due process — and they also carry serious consequences for the health and safety of surrounding neighborhoods. When our neighbors are afraid to seek medical care, shop for groceries, or send their children to school, they bear the immediate harm — and our communities lose the trust, connection, and stability that allow us all to thrive.”

January 27, 2026
Mosqueda motion calls on Congress to impose strict guardrails on ICE, other DHS agencies, in wake of three deaths at the hands of ICE agents
“The violence imposed and deaths caused by our own federal government under the guise of immigration enforcement must stop. People are scared to go to work, school, medical appointments, the grocery store, and required court hearings or immigration check-ins for fear they may be abducted by ICE due to the color of their skin or for having an accent. People across this country are taking courageous actions to document ICE’s activity, and are being physically attacked, brutalized, and killed by the very officers who are supposed to uphold the law. We cannot let this go on and Congress must stop funding this campaign of violence and terror.”