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USCIS Seattle office closes amid fears of coronavirus

U.S Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf ordered the closure of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in south Seattle amidst fears of coronavirus.

Feds can deny grants to sanctuary cities like Seattle, court rules

Cooperate with immigration officials or risk funding. That's what a 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed Washington and 6 others states on Tuesday.

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What really happened to Iranian-Americans at the Canadian Border?

Immigrant rights attorneys are suing U.S. Customs and Border Protection for holding Iranian-Americans at the border.

¡No tema usar el transporte público por culpa de ICE! Funcionarios del condado de King responden a los rumores que circulan en internet.

Según el rumor, funcionarios de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) les estaban pidiendo a los pasajeros del servicio público que revelaran su estado migratorio. Esto sucedió en el condado King, asegura Monserrat Padilla, directora de la Red de Solidaridad con Inmigrantes de Washington. Los rumores resultaron ser falsos. Pero el miedo si es muy real.

Ride without fear of ICE, King County officials tell transit riders

Rumors spread last summer that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were asking King County transit riders to disclose their immigration status. The rumors turned out to be false, but the fear was real.

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Years after the first travel ban, this Seattle woman is still waiting for her husband to return

This week marked the third year since the Trump Administration passed a travel ban that limits visas from seven Muslim-majority countries. One Seattle couple has been waiting for two years, with no end in sight.

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State lawmakers aim to make WA schools safer for undocumented students

A proposed measure would make sure schools across Washington state do not collect the immigration status of students or their families.

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We won’t build it: Seattle tech workers struggle with their ties to immigration enforcement

The Southern border may be far from the Northwest, but some of the software being used by immigration officials is being built here in Seattle. Now tech workers are grappling with their responsibility as the creators of that technology. Some are even finding themselves transformed into reluctant activists.

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WA lawmakers push back against Border Protection's detention of Iranian-Americans

Washington Representative Pramila Jayapal and Governor Jay Inslee said they stand in solidarity with an estimated 150 Iranian Americans who were stopped at the US--Canadian Border this weekend.

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American-Iranians say they were detained at the Canadian border. Border officials deny it.

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) says around 60 Iranian-Americans were stopped at the U.S. - Canadian border this weekend. U.S. Border Patrol denies those reports.