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Barnes pledges data-driven, compassionate approach to Chinatown-International District’s crises     

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Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID) grapples with overlapping crises: violent crime, chronic homelessness, and the constant spread of fentanyl and methamphetamine.

Report: ICE arrests of Asians tripled over past year

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests of people from Asian countries have nearly tripled over the past year, according to a new report from UCLA researchers—a sharp increase that has sparked concern among civil rights advocates and immigrant communities.

3 fired FBI officials sue Patel, saying he bowed to Trump administration’s ‘campaign of retribution’

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Three high-ranking FBI officials were fired last month in a “campaign of retribution” carried out by a director who knew better but caved to political pressure from the Trump administration, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that describes the White House as directly meddling in the bureau’s personnel moves.

Asian American groups oppose revival of “China Initiative”

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More than 80 Asian American and civil rights organizations are speaking out against a new proposal in Congress they say would quietly bring back the Justice Department’s controversial “China Initiative.”