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New 911 call records, obtained by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, describe six suicide attempts at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma so far this year.
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Most of the funding will go to the state Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance for services that include housing and legal assistance, food, and transportation.
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A Seattle City Council meeting on Tuesday grew contentious when asylum seekers marched there to plead for help with housing. Local activists joined them and demanded that the money come from funding the city has already allocated for police surveillance.
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Earlier this month, asylum seekers, most of them from Venezuela, marched to Seattle City Hall and pleaded for shelter. Now they’ve been moved into a new space.
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Activists with the group La Resistencia say there’s been a hunger strike at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Tacoma for nearly a month.
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University researchers found detention staff threw balls of pepper spray and used other means of force against detainees, including those with mental illness. They found such incidents occurred on average once a month.
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After court order, ICE is now deporting immigrants from both Boeing Field and Yakima Air Terminal. Approximately 400 people have been deported since May.
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Born into the flower business, Scott Chang grew from being resentful of the long summer hours to having deep respect for his family's hard work. Discover the subtle beauty of See Lee Farm and the Hmong family who runs it.
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Starting next year, all Washington residents – regardless of immigration status – will be allowed to purchase medical insurance through the state’s marketplace. Now, advocates are asking legislators to fund a Medicaid-type program for undocumented immigrants with low incomes.
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In times of crisis, the federal government can grant foreign nationals temporary protections that allow them to work, and deportations can be deferred. Immigrant advocates are demanding that people from Ukraine get those protections, too, and that includes detainees at Tacoma's ICE facility.