A caravan protests outside the Tacoma immigrant detention center Immigration activists are pushing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release detainees at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, arguing the coronavirus outbreak is a threat to the detainees' health. Esmy Jimenez Play AudioListen 2 mins
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. Esmy Jimenez Play AudioListen 2 mins
We won’t build it: Seattle tech workers struggle with their ties to immigration enforcement The Southern border may be far from the Northwest, but some of the software being used by immigration officials is being built here in Seattle. Now tech workers are grappling with their responsibility as the creators of that technology. Some are even finding themselves transformed into reluctant activists. Esmy Jimenez Play AudioListen 5 mins
'Secret' WA youth detention center at center of records request dispute The U.S. Department of Justice has intervened in a case regarding undocumented youth detained in Washington state. Esmy Jimenez Play AudioListen 2 mins
Migrants: Locked up and forgotten? How U.S. citizens hold the key According to immigration lawyer César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, the dissolving of immigration prisons in the US is a good first step towards mending our immigration system. Sonya Harris Play AudioListen 2 hours
Washington sues to stop ICE arrests at courthouses The Washington Office of the Attorney General has cataloged 157 arrests of undocumented immigrants at courthouses around the state over the last two years, but the actual number may be much higher. Esmy Jimenez
British family's illegal border crossing into Washington state was no accident, feds say U-S Customs and Border Protection released surveillance video today that CBP said shows a British family of seven illegally crossing Oct. 3 from Canada into the U.S. at Lynden, Wash. The incident has gotten international attention because the Connors family said they’re just tourists who swerved to avoid an animal in the road – and unwittingly crossed the border. Ann Dornfeld Play AudioListen 2 mins
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. Esmy Jimenez Play AudioListen 5 mins
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. Esmy Jimenez Play AudioListen 10 mins
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 Esmy Jimenez Play AudioListen 2 mins
