The U.S. needs kidney doctors. The Trump administration deported one despite her valid visa Dr. Rasha Alawieh's deportation is the latest in a recent string of unusual arrests by immigration officials at U.S. borders, and not the first in which attorneys and judges have decried a lack of due process. Eilís O'Neill
UW Medicine employee, green card holder detained by ICE in Tacoma Lewelyn Dixon was on her way back to the Seattle area on Feb. 28 after visiting family in the Philippines when she was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and sent to the immigration detention facility in Tacoma. Eilís O'Neill
Trump administration can suspend approval of new refugees amid lawsuit, appeals court rules An appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to suspend entry of new refugees as a lawsuit plays out over the president’s executive order halting the nation’s refugee admissions system. Associated Press
Memoirist Putsata Reang talks about the 'complicated love' for America, Cambodia, and Ma This is the KUOW Book Club, and we just finished reading "Ma and Me" by Putsata Reang. Katie Campbell Play AudioListen 31 mins
ICE detains leader of farmworker union in northwest Washington state Farm worker activist Alfredo Juarez Zeferino, known in his community as “Lelo,” was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday, March 25, and is being held at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez Eilís O'Neill
Hundreds rally at ICE center in Tacoma after detention of union members Hundreds of union workers and immigrant rights advocates rallied Thursday evening outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Tacoma to protest the arrest of dozens of people, including the leader of a farmworker union in Skagit County and a technician and union member at UW Medicine. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez Liz Jones
Seattle lawyers sue DHS to stop deportation of detained immigrants to ‘third countries’ Lawyers from Seattle and others around the country filed a lawsuit this week against the Department of Homeland Security over a recent practice of the agency to deport people who don’t have legal status in the U.S. to “third countries.” Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Detained immigrant escapes from ICE center in Tacoma Tacoma Police responded to a call from the Northwest ICE Processing Center Wednesday night about an escaped detainee. It remains unclear if the person remains at large or if they were returned to the facility. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
ICE arrests 37 in workplace raid at Bellingham roofing company In an early morning raid Wednesday at Mt. Baker Roofing Company in Bellingham, immigration officials confirm they arrested 37 people who they say fraudulently represented their immigration status. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Refugees are still coming to Washington state despite Trump's policies. But help is hard to find Unlike other refugees who must wait for the government to book their travel and connect them with a resettlement agency, some refugees can buy their own plane tickets if they have the means. But once they arrive in the U.S., there’s no guarantee the federal government will offer them any help at all. Eilís O'Neill
