U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi — who last week identified Washington and Seattle as “sanctuary jurisdictions” that impede federal immigration enforcement — threatened to deploy the National Guard.

Tensions are escalating between the federal government and so-called “sanctuary jurisdictions” like Washington state.

Sanctuary jurisdictions remain defiant after Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a deadline to cooperate with federal authorities, and one indicated it had "no intention of changing."

Governor Bob Ferguson said that President Donald Trump's Attorney General Pam Bondi threatened him with arrest in a letter she sent recently in a press conference last night. Ferguson claimed that Bondi's threats were over his state's sanctuary policies that protect the rights of all inhabitants.

United States Attorney General Pam Bondi has notified Washington state Governor Bob Ferguson that the state qualifies as a sanctuary