Immigration In The Northwest

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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
Peruvians in the Yakima Valley on edge after couple deported by ICE

Shortly after President Trump’s inauguration, ICE picked up and deported a Peruvian couple in Sunnyside. Friends say they were asylum seekers who had missed a hearing. Now, the whole community is on edge.
- Eilís O'Neill
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Washington 'sanctuary law' allows ICE agents to pick up people leaving prison. They often don't

Washington state’s so-called “sanctuary law” is in the crosshairs of elected officials. But new data from the state’s department of corrections shows, even when the state works with federal immigration enforcement, the federal government isn’t always following through.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
What will it take to restart refugee admissions? Seattle judge presses Trump's DOJ for details

A Seattle judge said he's seeking a timeline for the Trump administration to "turn back on" the system of refugee admissions for those already approved to travel to the U.S. before President Trump's order suspending the program.
- Amy Radil
Refugees are still coming to Washington state despite Trump's policies. But help is hard to find

Unlike other refugees who must wait for the government to book their travel and connect them with a resettlement agency, some refugees can buy their own plane tickets if they have the means. But once they arrive in the U.S., there’s no guarantee the federal government will offer them any help at all.
- Eilís O'Neill
Detained immigrant escapes from ICE center in Tacoma

Tacoma Police responded to a call from the Northwest ICE Processing Center Wednesday night about an escaped detainee. It remains unclear if the person remains at large or if they were returned to the facility.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Seattle lawyers sue DHS to stop deportation of detained immigrants to ‘third countries’

Lawyers from Seattle and others around the country filed a lawsuit this week against the Department of Homeland Security over a recent practice of the agency to deport people who don’t have legal status in the U.S. to “third countries.”
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Hundreds rally at ICE center in Tacoma after detention of union members

Hundreds of union workers and immigrant rights advocates rallied Thursday evening outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Tacoma to protest the arrest of dozens of people, including the leader of a farmworker union in Skagit County and a technician and union member at UW Medicine.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
ICE detains leader of farmworker union in northwest Washington state

Farm worker activist Alfredo Juarez Zeferino, known in his community as “Lelo,” was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday, March 25, and is being held at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Trump tracker: Washington state's legal challenges to the administration

KUOW has compiled a comprehensive guide to Washington state's responses to the Trump administration.
- Teo Popescu

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