Esmy Jimenez
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Seattle software company cuts ties with ICE
Some tech workers have put pressure on their employers to end contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This week Chef -- a software company based in Seattle -- took that action after employee protests.
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Seattle welcomes local leaders to discuss immigration
Mayors from Los Angeles to Atlanta and New York City are convening in a national gathering. And it’s all to find solutions that help immigrants at the local level.
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Behind the locked doors of Washington's immigration detention center
The Northwest Detention Center is now the Northwest ICE Processing Center. In over 15 years of existence, it’s been the site of hunger strikes, allegations of misconduct, a lawsuit over detainee wages, and most recently an attack that turned deadly.
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Politics
88,000 WA households could lose food stamps under proposed rule change
The Trump Administration is proposing a new rule as to who gets access to SNAP, a federal food assistance program. Washington is among the top states that will be impacted by the rule change.
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Immigrants can now get a free Lyft (or Uber) to immigration interviews
Elizabeth Kanku Kabuya is a refugee from the Democractic Republic of Congo. She was supposed to have her citizenship interview in Seattle but it got rerouted to Portland. Now she’s the first to get help getting there… With the help of Uber and Lyft.
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Teddy bears and hope: A Seattle court for kids who cross the border alone
Past the tall windows, is a small courtroom lined with rows of stuffed animals. This is where the kids apprehended at the border sometimes end up.
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Crime
Man who called for 'extermination' of Hispanic people gets bail hearing
A bail hearing is scheduled Tuesday for a Maryland man charged with making terrorism-related threats against Latinos. Eric Lin was arrested in Seattle for federal charges last month. The FBI was first alerted to Lin’s threats in July by the Miami Police Department.
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Washington state joins coalition to challenge Trump Administration on child detention
Earlier this month, the Trump administration issued a rule to withdraw from that agreement. Now Ferguson
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Seattle’s longest running homeless encampment is in limbo
Tent City 3 is home to almost 50 people. This week, its next host fell through, forcing it to illegally set up camp on city property in the Ravenna neighborhood.
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3 ways Trump's welfare rule is already terrifying immigrants
It could —and already is — impacting immigrants in Seattle.