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.
Several ICE agents were arrested in recent months, showing risk of misconduct
Investigators said one immigration enforcement official got away with physically assaulting his girlfriend for years.
Federal actions, legislation put AAPI immigrants in severe peril, panelists warn
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).
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.
Partial federal shutdown seems increasingly likely as Democrats demand major changes to ICE
Democratic senators are narrowing a list of demands for changes to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with a partial government shutdown looming by week’s end, hoping to pressure Republicans and the White House as the country reels from the deaths of two people at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis.
“ICE is … totally out of control”: Ferguson, Brown outline plans to protect Washingtonians from federal immigration actions
Following the shooting death of 37-year-old V.A. nurse Alex Pretti at the hands of an immigration agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, over the weekend, Gov. Bob Ferguson and Attorney General Nick Brown held a press conference on Monday, Jan. 26 to address the killing.
Chinese asylum seeker who exposed rights abuses fights to stay in the US
Guan Heng, who exposed human rights abuses in his native China, has been in U.S. custody since being swept up in an immigration enforcement operation in August.
US citizen says ICE took him at gunpoint in only underwear despite frigid cold and no warrant
Federal immigration agents bashed open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
ICE concerns trigger safety protocols at Seattle schools
Several Seattle schools sheltered-in-place on Tuesday after unconfirmed community reports of possible Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in nearby neighborhoods.
Strickland criticizes Trump administration over ICE actions
Rep. Marilyn Strickland sharply criticized the administration’s approach to law enforcement and immigration actions on Tuesday, saying it has failed to keep Americans safe and has “broken that promise” by deploying federal forces in U.S. cities.
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