Immigration

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December 26th | 'Somebody who looked like this was here': five immigrant artists who helped shape 2019

It’s the end of the year, and Record producers have been revisiting some of our favorite conversations. Mine were about: immigrants.
- Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
Washington sues to stop ICE arrests at courthouses

The Washington Office of the Attorney General has cataloged 157 arrests of undocumented immigrants at courthouses around the state over the last two years, but the actual number may be much higher.
- Esmy Jimenez
Federal judge rules in favor of Seattle in immigration case

Monday a federal judge ruled in favor of the City of Seattle’s legal challenge against an immigration policy change. The proposed change would have made it harder for green card holders to qualify for fee waivers when they applied for citizenship.
- Esmy Jimenez
Drawing the American Dream with Malaka Gharib

"Sooo... what are you?"
- Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
Hungry for knowledge of my culture, I head to my lola’s kitchen

We don't go to church for mass in my family. We go to my grandma's kitchen. Food is my tie to my Filipino culture. But I don't know if my connection to food is enough for me to call myself Filipino. I set out to use cooking as a way to dig deeper into my family's story and my own cultural identity.
- Charlotte Engrav
WA state Sen. Fortunato pushes back on sanctuary policies

A Republican Washington state senator is urging Governor Jay Inslee and King County’s Dow Constantine to reconsider policies that protect undocumented immigrants.
- Esmy Jimenez
Being an immigrant could be pricier next month if federal rule goes through

An asylum fee, higher costs for citizenship and DACA applications.
- Esmy Jimenez
Seattle Kurds distraught, trying to reach home

Turkish troops continue to strike in Syria as Kurdish civilians flee for safety. In Seattle, local Kurdish communities are distraught.
- Ruby de Luna
Activists want to shut down ICE facility in Tacoma

Activists pushed the Tacoma City Council for a timeline to shutdown the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma.
- Esmy Jimenez
He spent 20 days in solitary in Tacoma's immigrant jail. Others spend far longer

“Not eating doesn't affect as much as being alone. Because anyone can stop eating one, two days. But not everyone can withstand be locked up alone,”says Raul, an undocumented immigrant who spent time in solitary at the Northwest ICE Processing Center.
- Esmy Jimenez

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