Tacoma Refugee Choir helps members find hope and home through song Over the past 10 years, more than 30,000 refugees, from more than 70 countries have resettled in Washington state through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. It’s one thing to welcome refugees; it’s another to make them feel at home. The Tacoma Refugee Choir has helped give that feeling to refugees, as well as immigrants and native U.S. citizens. Jason Burrows Alex Rochester Libby Denkmann Play AudioListen 12 mins
Human rights group raises alarm about use of force, chemical weapons at Tacoma ICE center The University of Washington’s Center for Human Rights is raising concerns about the use of force at the federal immigration detention center in Tacoma and how they're being reported. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez Play AudioListen 2 mins
The number of migrants at a Tukwila church grows, as cold weather sets in Around 350 migrants have camped out in front of Riverton Park United Methodist Church in Tukwila. That’s a number that has nearly doubled in size as asylum seekers continue to find their way here since the city announced a state of emergency last month. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
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. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Venezuelan migrants booted from Seattle-area hotel after nonprofit credit card maxes out Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
'The neighbors we needed during World War II.' Japanese Americans protest Seattle area deportation flights Japanese American community members and immigration advocates gathered at Boeing Field Tuesday to call for an end to deportation flights out of King County International Airport. Natalie Akane Newcomb
Facing another hotel eviction, Seattle area asylum-seekers lean on religious groups to foot the bill Approximately 100 local asylum-seekers, mostly from Venezuela, met with the King County Council Tuesday to ask for help as their latest hotel shelter arrangement came to an end. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
New refugees in Washington are promised 90 days of support. A Trump order ended that Refugee resettlement organizations received a memo Friday, Jan. 24, ordering them to stop helping refugees and not to incur additional expenses. The stop-work order has threatened the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of refugees in Washington state. Eilís O'Neill
King County joins lawsuit against Trump administration over sanctuary city orders King County signed onto a new lawsuit Friday against the Trump administration in an attempt to shield sanctuary jurisdictions from federal threats and to prevent federal funding from being cut off. Ashley Hiruko
