Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Race & Identity Reporter
About
Gustavo covers the intersection of race and identity for KUOW, writing stories that center voices often not catered to in typical news. Previously he was at KUNR in Reno as a Bilingual Reporting Fellow focusing on Indigenous and Latine communities where he's covered topics about MMIWP, voting access, language justice, food sovereignty, food apartheid, indigenous boarding schools, and the effects wage disparities for Latinos, to name a few topics. He's most interested in covering how communities effect the levers of power they hold to affect change.
Before finding his way into journalism he spent nearly a decade in the restaurant industry, from busboy at a buffet to a line cook in nationally and internationally known establishments. Now all the cooking he cares about is making the perfect pot of beans and grits. Always on the hunt for a solid plate of hashbrowns or a solid bowl of menudo, let him know if you have a spot to recommend.
You can contact Gustavo on his work cell at 206-960-3698. Follow Gustavo on Instagram at @gus.chavo.
Location: Seattle
Languages: Spanish, English
Pronouns: he/him
Stories
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Race & Identity
Time, money runs low for asylum-seekers sheltering at Seattle area hotels
Hundreds of asylum-seekers took refuge at Seattle area hotels during January’s cold snap. What was intended to be a weeklong stay has evolved into a monthlong stay.
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Race & Identity
Venezuelan migrants at Kent hotel have three more weeks of emergency shelter
Asylum seekers, mostly Venezuelan immigrants at Kent Quality Inn, will have three more weeks of emergency housing. The roughly 200 people will be split up between two different hotels in Kent, and will no longer stay at the Kent Quality Inn.
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Race & Identity
Video shows heavily armed guards detaining hunger strikers at Tacoma ICE center after using tear gas
Detainees at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma were subjected to tear gas, had guns pointed at them, and were physically restrained during a hunger strike last year for better living conditions.
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Government
A migrant camp in Tukwila shows how bad Seattle's housing problem is
Earlier this week, dozens of people seeking asylum in the US showed up at the Seattle City Council to ask for help. More than 200 migrants — most of them families — were facing a night sleeping on the street after their emergency shelter fell through. KUOW's race and identity reporter Gustavo Sagrero explains how the migrants ended up in this situation and what local organizations are doing to help.
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Government
Seattle steps in to foot bill for migrants living in hotel
A group of about 200 migrants seeking asylum will be allowed to remain at a hotel — at least for now.
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Crime
Condenado residente del área de Seattle por robar más de $70 mil dólares en una estafa relacionada con tarjetas de residencia
El nuevo año ha traído una pequeña muestra de justicia para tres parejas de inmigrantes indocumentados. En total, fueron estafados por más de 70 mil dólares por un hombre que les aseguró ayudarles a obtener residencia legal en Estados Unidos. El acusado obtuvo el dinero, nunca lo entregó y ahora está cumpliendo su condena en una prisión estatal.
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Crime
'In deep': Seattle area man sentenced for stealing $70K-plus in green card scam
The new year has brought a sense of justice for three undocumented immigrant couples who were collectively defrauded of more than $70,000 by a man who said he would help them gain legal status. He took their money and never delivered, and is now serving time in state prison.
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Race & Identity
Venezuelan migrants booted from Seattle-area hotel after nonprofit credit card maxes out
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Politics
Tukwila asylum-seekers take refuge in hotels as permanent shelter, warmer weather evades them
Following last week’s cold snap, asylum-seekers temporarily housed in hotels were supposed to head back to their camp near a Tukwila church. Instead, around 100 tried to stay past check-out time at the Homewood Suites in Tukwila, until other temporary housing was secured.
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Thursday Headlines
The FAA investigates Boeing, 72 people apply to be Seattle's newest councilmember, and state lawmakers tackle the rising cost of rent. It’s our daily roundup of today’s top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Gustavo Sagrero.