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Adams County violated Washington's sanctuary laws by cooperating with Border Patrol, lawsuit alleges

The Adams County Sheriff's and Prosecuting Attorney’s offices in Eastern Washington are being sued for allegedly breaking the state’s sanctuary laws and subjecting a man to discrimination and false arrest.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Washington immigrants, rights activists prep for Trump's promised ICE raids

President-elect Trump’s mass deportation promises are coming into clearer focus, with policy shifting to allow immigration officials into hospitals, schools, and churches. For people in the state of Washington, work is underway to prepare for and fight those mass immigration enforcement raids, especially if they overstep Constitutional rights.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Federal deportation flights can continue at Seattle's Boeing Field, appeals court says

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can continue using a Seattle airport for chartered deportation flights, a federal appeals court ruled in a decision that rejected a 2019 local order that sought to counter then-President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
- Associated Press
Washington man dies at Tacoma ICE facility, days after human rights group visit

Immigration and Customs Enforcement reports the detainee, 36-year-old Jose Manuel Sanchez-Castro, died Sunday the Northwest ICE Processing Center. He was the second death at the Tacoma facility this year and the fourth person to die at the processing center since 2006.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
90 days to make a life: One Afghan family’s resettlement in Washington state

Afghans continue to top the list of new refugee arrivals in Washington state. More than 5,000 have resettled here in the past two years. For this first wave of refugees from Afghanistan, it can be a lot to figure out from scratch. Especially when the resettlement process gives families only three months of support.
- Kamna Shastri
As King County moves to reopen Kent hotel for the unhoused, asylum-seekers hope they won’t be forgotten
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Debido a las limitadas opciones laborales, los solicitantes de asilo crean sus propios negocios
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Hundreds in Seattle become U.S. citizens on Independence Day

Hundreds of people in Seattle woke up this morning not as immigrants, but as newly minted U.S. citizens. The annual naturalization ceremony was held at Seattle Center on July 4 — Independence Day.
- Casey Martin
Undocumented Washingtonians can now work as doctors, teachers under new professional licensing law
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Encounters at the U.S. border drop 9% in May, before asylum restrictions kicked in
- Jasmine Garsd

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