Immigration In The Northwest

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ICE deportations leave empty seats at graduation ceremonies in Washington state

More than 140,000 people were deported from the U.S. in President Donald Trump’s first three months in office. Many of those people left behind teenagers who are now graduating from high school without their parents in the audience to cheer them on and celebrate their accomplishment.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Mayor Harrell says Seattle's FIFA countdown clock sends a political message

Seattle started its official countdown Wednesday, marking one year until it hosts the FIFA World Cup.
- Joshua McNichols
Seattle Police Chief Barnes says he expects to be jailed for resisting Trump's orders

Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes told City Council members Tuesday that he plans to stand up for the First Amendment rights of Seattle residents and expects to be jailed at some point for making that stand.
- Stephen Howie
A Pierce County man expected to be deported to Vietnam. Instead, ICE routed him to South Sudan

His deportation is part of the Trump administration’s efforts to deport immigrants to “third countries" — places other than the immigrants’ country of origin.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
ICE agents at Seattle courthouse arrest people whose deportation hearings are dismissed

People showing up for hearings at the Seattle Immigration Court this week are facing something new. Federal immigration agents wait in the courthouse hallways to arrest people if their deportation proceedings are dismissed by a judge.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Washington AG Brown's 3 takeaways from birthright citizenship SCOTUS hearing

Brown said he was encouraged to hear many of the justices express “pretty explicitly that they thought the president’s order was unlawful and unconstitutional."
- Amy Radil
Union farmworker organizer ‘Lelo’ denied bond to leave Tacoma ICE lockup

A prominent Washington farmworker union organizer arrested by ICE earlier this year, will remain detained in the Tacoma ICE facility after being denied release Thursday. The attorney for Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino said he plans to keep pushing to get him out.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Spokane man arrested by ICE spent more than a decade trying to obtain legal status

As the number of ICE arrests across Washington state increases, more people are documenting their encounters with federal agents, leaving friends and family stunned, people in federal custody unsure about their future, and others in their community fearful of future raids and arrests.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Bellingham roofing company knew in advance about ICE raid that arrested dozens

Court records show that a Bellingham roofing company knew the Immigration and Customs Enforcement was investigating its workers weeks before an ICE raid led to 37 people being arrested in the early morning on April 2.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Tacoma ICE center detentions spike by nearly 50% since March, says U.S. Rep. Randall

The number of people held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma has jumped almost 50% in the past month, according to numbers provided to a Washington congressmember.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez

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