I'm Paris Jackson in the Cascade PBS newsroom.

Welcome to The Newsfeed.

Seattle's new City Attorney vows to take on the federal government to protect the rights of Seattle residents.

President Trump has repeatedly threatened to pull federal funding from Seattle and other cities across the country over sanctuary policies.

City Attorney Erika Evans says what's happening nationwide is unacceptable.

She says the president is violating constitutional rights and breaking the law.

And her office is ready if a large immigration presence comes to town.

-It is heartbreaking.

The killings we've seen happen in Minnesota and the unlawful surge of ICE agents essentially coming out like the military against our communities.

We are proactively partnering and working with our Mayor, Katie Wilson, with our council and with other elected leaders in our... in our city and in our state and other cities across the nation to proactively be ready on day one, if that were to happen.

-Evans says leaders in Seattle fight back with urgency and courage.

And her office is doing that.

-We will file at contempt motion against Trump.

We already have a pending lawsuit for his threats on cutting funding for us being a welcoming and sanctuary city.

So we are proactively preparing to be ready to go if that is going to happen here in Seattle, because that's what we do.

-Late last month, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson and Attorney General Nick Brown held a joint press conference condemning ICE tactics and the killings in Minnesota.

Ferguson said the actions by immigration agents snatching people from the streets are most certainly unconstitutional.

Coming up tomorrow, Evans wants to bring back what's called community court.

We'll tell you why.

I'm Paris Jackson.

Thank you for watching The Newsfeed, your destination for nonprofit Northwest news.

Go to CascadePBS.org for more.