Washington licensing says it hasn't shared info with ICE since 2018 Washington officials insist the state does not share driver's license data with immigration officials. Esmy Jimenez
WA Department of Licensing: we don't give out immigration info to ICE Kim Malcolm talks with Washington Department of Licensing spokesperson Gigi Zenk about the agency's policy about giving information to federal authorities. Kim Malcolm Andy Hurst
National Smithsonian Museum Considers Collecting Drawings Made By Detained Migrant Children The National Museum of American History said it has a long commitment to documenting "history as it unfolds." It reached out to pediatricians who shared images made by children after their release. Sasha Ingber
ICE used Washington drivers licenses to hunt immigrants, researchers say Federal agents are using facial-recognition technology to find undocumented immigrants through Washington state’s driver license system, according to university researchers. Jason Pagano Gil Aegerter
Seeking citizenship in Seattle? You may now need to drive to Portland Immigrants in South Seattle and Bellevue who applied for citizenship will now have to travel to Yakima or Portland for their naturalization interview, instead of having it at the local Seattle office. Esmy Jimenez
Poet Ocean Vuong's new novel is more than Briefly Gorgeous "To be queer is to fail into your pleasure." The book, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, is a letter from a son to his mother, who can't read. The poet says it's a monument to failure, to violence, to labor, to silence, to America. Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Bill Radke
Politics Under Siege And Largely Secret: Businesses That Serve Immigration Detention As more businesses face public and political scrutiny for making money off of the Trump administration's detention of migrants, many activists say the firms involved try to remain veiled in secrecy. Yuki Noguchi
Haunting symbolism: Migrant children are being held where Japanese-Americans were detained Kim Malcolm talks with historian Tom Ikeda about the parallels he sees between Japanese Internment during World War II and Trump administration policies around detaining migrant children. Kim Malcolm Andy Hurst
Washington man sues Border Patrol after 4-hour detainment In July 2017 Andres Sosa Segura was transferring buses at a Spokane Greyhound station. His attorneys say he was stopped by Border Patrol, questioned, and then taken to detention facility. Casey Martin
National A Father And Daughter, Drowned At The Border, Put Attention On Immigration Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez was trying to bring his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria, to safety and a new life in the U.S. Bill Chappell
