Report: WA law enforcement agencies still cooperate with ICE, despite state law banning practice Local law enforcement agencies across Washington state have worked with federal immigration agents to detain undocumented immigrants, despite a state law banning such collaborations. That’s according to a new report from the University of Washington Center for Human Rights. Paige Browning Play AudioListen 5 mins
ICE detained a U.S. citizen at the Tacoma detention center. Now he's suing According to court documents filed in Seattle's U.S. District Court on Friday, Carlos Rios had his American passport on him when he was picked up by federal immigration officials. Still, he was detained for a week at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, WA. Esmy Jimenez
Washington state and detainees challenge $1-a-day pay policy AG’s Office wants a finding that the minimum wage law applies to detainees Kim Malcolm Play AudioListen 5 mins
Tech finally gets a path toward an entrepreneur program. Could Seattle benefit? It’s not a start-up visa. But it’s the closest thing to it yet. Esmy Jimenez
Jose Robles released from immigrant detention in NW President Joe Biden is reversing many of the Trump administration's tough immigration policies. That’s led to the release of one undocumented man in the Northwest. Esmy Jimenez Play AudioListen 2 mins
WA Legislature considering bill to ban for-profit prisons and detention centers The Washington legislature moved one step closer to ending for-profit private detention centers in the state. House Bill 1090 passed with bipartisan support and now moves to the Senate. Esmy Jimenez Play AudioListen 2 mins
The last immigrant youth jail in the country moves to end contract with ICE One of the last detention centers in the U.S. to hold undocumented immigrant youth wants to end its contract with ICE. Esmy Jimenez Play AudioListen 2 mins
Border officials lied about targeted stops of Iranian Americans back in January Last January, 277 people, many of them U.S. citizens or permanent residents with Iranian heritage or ties to the Middle East, were stopped by border agents, records obtained by the Council for American Islamic Relations in Washington and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project found. Esmy Jimenez
3 staff test positive for Covid-19 at Tacoma’s immigrant detention center After advocates sound the alarm that another guard at the Northwest ICE Processing Center has tested positive, court records confirm the finding -- it’s the third case in about a month. Esmy Jimenez
ICE has spent almost $175K at a Seattle Police firing range Since 2004, federal records show the Seattle Police Athletic Association has received $158,955 from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for use of its firing range and facilities. While the contracts don't violate any laws, it speaks to the tangled relationships between local governments, law enforcement, and the feds -- and of the murky boundaries of where one power ends and another’s responsibility begins. Esmy Jimenez
