The Seattle City Council has approved a measure removing outdated language that allowed police to ask about a person’s immigration status under certain conditions.
Educational report highlights needs and progress in Southeast Asian American educational journey
In the 1970s, refugees began arriving from Southeast Asia and and fleeing to the United States from the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia.
Seattle’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs director discusses City response to possible immigration action
Immigrants around the country face increasing pressure and stress from federal immigration enforcement agents sweeping into communities, rounding up immigrants regardless of their status and without due process.
AAPI adults mostly think Trump has done more harm than good on immigration, new poll finds
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
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.