Esmy Jimenez
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Being an immigrant could be pricier next month if federal rule goes through
An asylum fee, higher costs for citizenship and DACA applications.
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Politics
Fate of DACA program could be decided Tuesday by Supreme Court
In Washington state, there’s over 16,000 DACA recipients — or so called ‘Dreamers’ -- with temporary immigration status to live and work in the country. And they’re watching the U.S. Supreme Court case Tuesday very closely. The decision could decide the fate of the DACA program.
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Politics
Seattle voters contend between political newcomer or civil rights legend
Civil rights icon versus political newcomer. That’s the choice in a King County Council race, for a seat long held by incumbent Larry Gossett. But in the August primary, his opponent Girmay Zahilay shot out ahead, with nearly 20 percent more votes.
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Arts & Life
PHOTOS: An altar for Seattle's immigrant workers
Dia de los Muertos brings single, mostly male workers together at Casa Latina. Together they build an altar to remember and celebrate their friends and co-workers who died alone in the U.S.
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$86 less per day: Barbers at Fort Lewis base struggle with pay cuts
Barbers at the Fort Lewis military base near Tacoma are alleging retaliation after new management has cut their commissions.
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'Who run the world?' At night, Seattle's immigrant women
Fatima had sewn up her dress one inch so that she could vacuum on the floors of a downtown Seattle high rise.
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What it's like at 4 a.m. at the Pike Place Market
Pike Place Market before dawn is empty. Eerily so, because the neon lights are still on.
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Activists want to shut down ICE facility in Tacoma
Activists pushed the Tacoma City Council for a timeline to shutdown the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma.
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He spent 20 days in solitary in Tacoma's immigrant jail. Others spend far longer
“Not eating doesn't affect as much as being alone. Because anyone can stop eating one, two days. But not everyone can withstand be locked up alone,”says Raul, an undocumented immigrant who spent time in solitary at the Northwest ICE Processing Center.
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Trump administration slashes refugee resettlement numbers to record low
The Trump Administration wants to cap the number of refugees allowed to enter the country next year at a record low of 18 thousand people. That’s about half the number allowed this current year. And far lower than previous ones.