Immigration

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His day started with selling a chicken coop. It ended in immigration detention

Sergey Kostenyuk and Mary Loisate have been together for more than 20 years. Loisate was born in the U.S., but Kostenyuk is a legal permanent resident with a green card. He came to Spokane from Ukraine as a refugee more than 30 years ago, when he was a child.
- Eilís O'Neill
Spokane man arrested by ICE spent more than a decade trying to obtain legal status

As the number of ICE arrests across Washington state increases, more people are documenting their encounters with federal agents, leaving friends and family stunned, people in federal custody unsure about their future, and others in their community fearful of future raids and arrests.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Seattle May Day protesters slam Trump, Musk over immigration and labor crackdowns

Activists say this year’s rally and march are primarily a response to the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants and pro-labor groups.
- Casey Martin
Bellingham roofing company knew in advance about ICE raid that arrested dozens

Court records show that a Bellingham roofing company knew the Immigration and Customs Enforcement was investigating its workers weeks before an ICE raid led to 37 people being arrested in the early morning on April 2.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Irish woman with green card held at Tacoma ICE center, questioned about decades-old drug conviction

An Irish woman has been taken into custody at the ICE detention center in Tacoma, according to federal records and a GoFundMe by her sister.
- Isolde Raftery
Dozens of international students in Washington to have visas restored by Trump administration

At least 50 international students in Washington and Oregon whose immigration status was abruptly removed from a federal database will have their standing restored.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Lawyers warn clients of increased arrest risk at immigration check-ins

Immigration attorneys are advising clients who have deportation orders when they show up at court dates and immigration appointments, there is an increased risk of getting detained.
- Jasmine Garsd
Tacoma ICE center detentions spike by nearly 50% since March, says U.S. Rep. Randall

The number of people held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma has jumped almost 50% in the past month, according to numbers provided to a Washington congressmember.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Peruvians in the Yakima Valley on edge after couple deported by ICE

Shortly after President Trump’s inauguration, ICE picked up and deported a Peruvian couple in Sunnyside. Friends say they were asylum seekers who had missed a hearing. Now, the whole community is on edge.
- Eilís O'Neill
Washington 'sanctuary law' allows ICE agents to pick up people leaving prison. They often don't

Washington state’s so-called “sanctuary law” is in the crosshairs of elected officials. But new data from the state’s department of corrections shows, even when the state works with federal immigration enforcement, the federal government isn’t always following through.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez

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