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Despite threats of removal, asylum-seekers in Kent remain at camp next to empty hotel

For now, asylum-seekers camping out in front of a vacant county-owned hotel in the city of Kent are not going to be relocated.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
National

Arrests at the U.S. border fall in April, bucking usual spring increase

U.S. officials have largely attributed the decline to more enforcement in Mexico, including in yards where migrants are known to board freight trains.
The Associated Press
Politics

Trump's speeches follow a familiar playlist, featuring greatest hits among new tunes

Donald Trump's campaign speeches are like his signature rally playlists — never the same topics in the same order, heavy on the greatest hits but with room to riff on what's popular.
Stephen Fowler
Latest stop for hundreds of asylum-seekers: A Seattle park

Hundreds of people seeking asylum in the United States have been moving around South King County for months. Now many of them are living in tents in a park near Garfield High School. Neighbors are trying to help, but say the situation is untenable. We’ll talk with KUOW reporter Gustavo Sagrero about how we got here and what long-term solutions are on the table.
Patricia Murphy

Andy Hurst

Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Race & Identity

Hundreds of asylum-seekers move into park in Seattle's Central District

After spending months bouncing from shelter-to-shelter, asylum seekers in Western Washington have now begun settling into camp near Seattle’s Garfield High School. It’s their latest move after funds for housing have run out yet again.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Politics

In Florida, an exodus of people fleeing rising anti-immigrant sentiment

Nearly a year ago, Florida passed one of the toughest immigration laws in the country. In some communities, it's caused a mass exodus. Those who stayed behind say, it's made life terrifying.
Jasmine Garsd
World

U.K. Parliament approves a plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda

The British government has pushed the plan as a way to deter asylum-seekers from taking boats to Britain. But the U.N. human rights office has warned aviation authorities not to take part.
Fatima Al-Kassab
Migrants descended on a Seattle tennis court. Then an anonymous donor paid for their hotel
Catharine Smith
Race & Identity

Muslims observing Ramadan at Tacoma ICE center aren’t receiving timely meals, immigration advocates say
Diana Opong
Government

Tukwila is swelling with asylum-seekers. What can be done?

When asylum-seekers began showing up at the door of Tukwila's Riverton Park United Methodist Church last year, Rev. Jan Bolerjack felt it was the church's duty to care for them. But as the situation worsened over the months, the reverend said it's now more than one church, in one Washington town, can handle.
Dyer Oxley

Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz

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