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Labor organizers say ICE actions are making it difficult to recruit

About one out of every five workers in Washington State was born in another country. That's according to the American Immigration Council. And labor organizers say federal immigration enforcement actions are making it difficult to recruit new members.

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Freddy Monares has covered politics, housing inequalities and Native American communities for a newspaper and a public radio station in Montana. He grew up in East Los Angeles, California, and moved to Missoula, Montana, in 2015 with the goal of growing in his career. Get in touch at fmonares@knkx.org.