“Our son started walking. Took his first ever confident dozen steps,” Melissa Chaudhry told the Northwest Asian Weekly.
Max Londonio released from ICE detention
Maximo “Kuya Max” Londonio was released from ICE detention on Friday, bringing an end to nearly two months of confinement—much of it spent in solitary—and marking a hard-fought victory for Filipino migrant advocates and labor allies who rallied behind his case.
Community rallies to release detained Filipino single mother
A green card holder known only as “Ate Michelle” was released from the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) on April 30 after a three-hour immigration hearing ended with a cancellation of her removal order, allowing her to remain in the U.S.
LETTER: Councilmembers concerned about corrections contract
Open letter to Gov. Jay Inslee: We write on behalf of City of Seattle residents to express deep concern about the recently publicized contract signed between the Washington Department of […]
NONPERMANENT RESIDENTS (Part 3) — Local Cambodian men facing deportation for crimes committed when young
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Part 1 Part 2 Rithy Yin, 33, pointed toward his church, Victory Outreach Church, from the kitchen of his sister and brother-in-law’s townhouse, where […]
South Korean man deported for human smuggling
A South Korean man convicted in March of facilitating the illegal entry of South Korean nationals into the United States was deported May 12 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s […]
EDITORIAL: Cold as ICE: Don’t separate families
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my […]
Four deportation detainees remain on hunger strike
By Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – A hunger strike at the Northwest Detention Center entered a fifth day on March 10, with four detainees still protesting their treatment and […]