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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
Government

After a protest at City Hall, asylum-seekers in Seattle wonder what's next

A dramatic scene unfolded at Seattle City Hall earlier this week as several protesters were arrested for disrupting a city council meeting on Tuesday. The protesters came to demand more support for hundreds of asylum-seekers from countries including Venezuela, Angola and Congo who have been sheltering at a Tukwila church and elsewhere in King County.
Libby Denkmann

Alec Cowan
Politics

6 protesters arrested after descending on Seattle City Hall to demand support for refugees
Isolde Raftery
Race & Identity

Time, money runs low for asylum-seekers sheltering at Seattle area hotels

Hundreds of asylum-seekers took refuge at Seattle area hotels during January’s cold snap. What was intended to be a weeklong stay has evolved into a monthlong stay.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Race & Identity

'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
Politics

Texas has spent over $148 million busing migrants to other parts of the country

Since 2022, GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has bused over 102,000 migrants to predominantly Democratic-led cities. Supporters say the cost is necessary, but critics argue the program is expensive and inhumane.
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán | The Texas Newsroom
Race & Identity

'History is being repeated.' Japanese Americans call for Northwest Detention Center's end

Japanese Americans and groups calling for the closure of the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma blocked the federal building in downtown Seattle on Friday.
Natalie Akane Newcomb
National

For LGBT asylum-seekers, coming to the U.S. is hardly the end of a harrowing journey

Gay and trans migrants often faced violence in their home countries. Many face similar persecution from their countrymen in the U.S.
Jasmine Garsd
Race & Identity

Venezuelan migrants at Kent hotel have three more weeks of emergency shelter

Asylum seekers, mostly Venezuelan immigrants at Kent Quality Inn, will have three more weeks of emergency housing. The roughly 200 people will be split up between two different hotels in Kent, and will no longer stay at the Kent Quality Inn.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Government

Seattle steps in to foot bill for migrants living in hotel

A group of about 200 migrants seeking asylum will be allowed to remain at a hotel — at least for now.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez

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