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.
“Roads have become a hunting ground”: Protestors demand WA Department of Licensing, Gov. Ferguson stop federal immigration agencies from accessing state license data
As federal agencies continue to besiege immigrant communities across the country, community organizers gathered in front of the Washington Department of Licensing (DOL) office in Tukwila on Thursday to protest the agency repeatedly breaking state law by allowing federal immigration agencies to access driver data.
Nearly blind Rohingya refugee dies, after immigration agents release him from custody
Police have found the body of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, a nearly-blind Rohingya refugee who had gone missing, after immigration agents released him from custody in Buffalo, New York.
Cambodian man seventh to die in ICE custody
A Cambodian man, Lorth Sim, is the seventh person to die in immigration agents’ custody.
Seattle moves to bar federal immigration enforcement
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announced on Thursday a series of initial steps aimed at protecting residents amid increased federal immigration enforcement activity, even as the city says it has no indication of an immediate surge by federal agents.
Jayapal, Smith introduce bill to reform immigration detention
Congress members Pramila Jayapal and Adam Smith introduced the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act earlier this month to impose oversight on immigration detention and protect detainees’ civil and human rights.
Washington considering act to protect state’s immigrant workers, many of whom are AAPI
As federal immigration raids have increased and many immigrants have avoided going to work altogether, Washington is considering legislation that would protect immigrant workers at their places of employment.
Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump’s immigration policies are shaking that belief
When he first came to the United States after escaping civil war in Sierra Leone and spending almost a decade in a refugee camp, Dauda Sesay had no idea he could become a citizen.
Courts order ICE not to deport man who spent 43 years in prison before murder case overturned
Two separate courts have ordered immigration officials not to deport a Pennsylvania man who spent four decades in prison before his murder conviction was overturned.
Judge’s order blocking removal of man from US wasn’t received until after he was deported, DHS says
Immigration authorities did not receive word of a court order blocking the removal of a man living in Alabama until after he had been deported to Laos, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday, dismissing claims that officials violated the order.