Mealey's ( May 10, 2023, 10:25 AM EDT) -- OLYMPIA, Wash. — Federal immigration detainees who participate in a work program and the state of Washington filed separate appellee briefs in the Washington Supreme Court addressing Washington Minimum Wage Act (WMWA) questions certified by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, arguing that the detainee workers are employees of the owner and operator of the detention facility and that the WMWA applies to this sort of work....