Immigration

Mysterious notice tells immigrants to check in at Seattle-area federal building. Several get detained

Protest Trump but do so peacefully, Washington state officials warn

Washington state officials urged people to raise their voices in a planned day of protest Saturday against the policies of President Donald Trump, but urged protesters to avoid violence and deprive Trump of any excuse for intervening as he did in LA.

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.

Washington state exploring options to fight Trump's travel ban

Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown said his office is taking a careful look at the Trump administration’s new travel ban and considering whether the state has a legal basis to challenge it.

Seattle protesters block ICE vans from leaving immigration court

On Tuesday morning, about 40 people gathered at the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in downtown Seattle, which houses a federal immigration court. Some clashed with police in an attempt to block vehicle access to the building with electric bikes and scooters.

Trump's birthright citizenship order lands in Seattle appeals court

Federal appeals court judges in Seattle on Wednesday questioned a Trump administration lawyer and Washington’s solicitor general over the president’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship.

Filipina green card holder and UW worker released from Tacoma ICE center

After nearly three months in immigration detention, University of Washington employee Lewelyn Dixon was released Thursday to the cheers and hugs of family, co-workers, and a crowd of supporters gathered in Tacoma.

ICE arrests 17 in raid at Kent specialty beverage company

Federal immigration agents arrested 17 people Tuesday in a raid at a specialty beverage manufacturer in Kent.

A fight between romantic rivals in Washington state results in ICE arrests

The love triangle set off big emotions — and a series of events that would end with a man and his brother in immigration jail, and possibly headed to El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center.