Immigration

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Government

Washington immigrants, rights activists prep for Trump's promised ICE raids

President-elect Trump’s mass deportation promises are coming into clearer focus, with policy shifting to allow immigration officials into hospitals, schools, and churches. For people in the state of Washington, work is underway to prepare for and fight those mass immigration enforcement raids, especially if they overstep Constitutional rights.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Race & Identity

Seattle area immigration advocates take stock for second Trump administration

Immigration advocates in King County have been preparing for months for a potential legal fight with the federal government. A second Trump administration is set to take control of the White House in January, and with it comes promises of far-reaching changes to immigration policy.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Race & Identity

Washington man dies at Tacoma ICE facility, days after human rights group visit

Immigration and Customs Enforcement reports the detainee, 36-year-old Jose Manuel Sanchez-Castro, died Sunday the Northwest ICE Processing Center. He was the second death at the Tacoma facility this year and the fourth person to die at the processing center since 2006.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Race & Identity

These Seattle restaurateurs are raising money for Lebanon amid conflict with Israel

More than 30 restaurants will individually contribute to the Lebanese Red Cross through the end of this month.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Health

Washington offered state Medicaid to undocumented adults. Thousands still don't have coverage

Washington state has extended new health insurance options to undocumented immigrants, but thousands of people who are eligible are still waiting for coverage.
Eilís O'Neill
Economy

90 days to make a life: One Afghan family’s resettlement in Washington state

Afghans continue to top the list of new refugee arrivals in Washington state. More than 5,000 have resettled here in the past two years. For this first wave of refugees from Afghanistan, it can be a lot to figure out from scratch. Especially when the resettlement process gives families only three months of support.
Kamna Shastri
As King County moves to reopen Kent hotel for the unhoused, asylum-seekers hope they won’t be forgotten
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Business

Faced with limited work options, asylum-seekers are starting businesses in Washington state
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Asylum-seekers living outdoors brace for Seattle-area heat wave
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Hundreds in Seattle become U.S. citizens on Independence Day

Hundreds of people in Seattle woke up this morning not as immigrants, but as newly minted U.S. citizens. The annual naturalization ceremony was held at Seattle Center on July 4 — Independence Day.
Casey Martin

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