Thousands rallied to support immigrant families in SeaTac - the city hit them with $37K bill
When Mohammed Kilani secured a permit in SeaTac to secure the rights for thousands of people to protest the Trump Administration's separation of immigrant children from their families at the United States-Mexico border, he didn't expect that the gathering would be cost-prohibitive.
Kilani sought the permit as a representative of the Washington coalition of Families Belong Together, a collection of immigrant rights groups that organized a national day of action June 30 and launched protests across the United States to decry the family separation policy.
The Washington protest occurred outside the Federal Detention Center on South 200th Street in SeaTac, where some mothers separated from their children were held.
The city of SeaTac lists some costs: $203.86 for a right-of-way permit in a non-residential zone and $101.93 for every hour staff spends reviewing the permit application. Then a city municipal statute says that it will impose a charge for the "the actual cost to compensate for its time and expenses" on the event, including, if applicable: street crews, signal crews, police, property damage or any expense for a city employee's assistance.
But two days after the event, which drew nearly 10,000 people, Kilani was hit with a bill for more than $37,000.
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