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ICE officers will begin assisting TSA as shutdown frustrates travelers and screeners — No ICE agents yet at Sea-Tac airport

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President Donald Trump’s decision to order federal immigration agents to U.S. airports to help with security during a budget impasse is drawing concerns that their presence may escalate tensions among air travelers frustrated over hourslong waits and screeners angry about missed paychecks.

AAPI adults mostly think Trump has done more harm than good on immigration, new poll finds

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Most Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders believe President Donald Trump has done more harm than good on the issue of immigration and border security in his second term so far, according to a new AAPI Data/AP-NORC poll.

New report: ICE arrests of AAPIs are four times higher under Trump

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Immigration arrests of people from Asian and Pacific Islander countries increased sharply in 2025, according to new analysis released Thursday by the advocacy group Stop AAPI Hate, which says rising enforcement and anti-immigrant rhetoric are having widespread effects on Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities.

“We will be the ancestors we want to be”: Tsuru for Solidarity uses Day of Remembrance to decry ongoing incarceration, deportation

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“What kind of ancestors do we want to be?” Erin Shigaki asked a small group of protestors, gathered just outside the King County International Airport.

King County Exec. Zahilay’s first executive order aimed at protecting immigrants and refugees

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In his first-ever executive order, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay announced in a news conference today a number of new protections and investments in King County’s immigrant and refugee communities, including $2 million in assistance and more transparency around deportation flights from Boeing Field.

Federal actions, legislation put AAPI immigrants in severe peril, panelists warn

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Following weeks of immigration enforcement action in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that has included everything from immigration officers killing two U.S. citizens, detaining children, and entering homes without judge-signed warrants, Congressional Democrats refused to pass a spending package that includes full funding for the agency immediately responsible for it all: the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).