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Health
ICE flights continue in the Northwest despite coronavirus
Immigration advocates are calling on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to end deportatioflights to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, especially in Latin America where people are being deported to.
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Education
Seattle families organize to feed, care for students during COVID-19 school closures
Parents in the Seattle area are quickly organizing to support each other during mandatory school closures, aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus. Here's what’s currently in place and what’s still in the works.
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Education
Tears, hugs, and goodbyes. Seattle students (and families) react to school closures
Seattle public schools are closed for two weeks -- at least. It’s a precaution the district is taking to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Now kids and parents are figuring out what this means for them.
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USCIS Seattle office closes amid fears of coronavirus
U.S Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf ordered the closure of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in south Seattle amidst fears of coronavirus.
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Feds can deny grants to sanctuary cities like Seattle, court rules
Cooperate with immigration officials or risk funding. That's what a 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed Washington and 6 others states on Tuesday.
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Politics
Report: Most Americans (wrongly) think the citizenship question is still on the census
A new report by the Pew Research Center shows that 56% of surveyed adults thought they would be asked about citizenship on the 2020 Census. They won't be.
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KUOW partners with 'The World' to cover Latino vote in 2020
KUOW joins seven newsrooms across the country for a project titled “Every 30 Seconds” which will report on the issues, influences, concerns, and challenges driving decision-making and turnout among young Latino voters across the United States.
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Politics
Seattle City Council tangles with Indian politics
Southeast Asian residents showed up in force at a city council meeting Monday, after the council took on a controversial law in India that some critics say is anti-Muslim.
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Years after the first travel ban, this Seattle woman is still waiting for her husband to return
This week marked the third year since the Trump Administration passed a travel ban that limits visas from seven Muslim-majority countries. One Seattle couple has been waiting for two years, with no end in sight.
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Health
UW researchers face animal welfare complaint for ferret brain experiments
An animal rights organization is calling for the University of Washington to be fined for an alleged violation of the Animal Welfare Act. Health Sciences researchers at the university said they gave ferrets several impacts to the skull during a traumatic brain injuries study.