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Federal Government Sues King County Over Ban Of Deportation Flights From Boeing Field

By NWPB News February 10, 2020

A man detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement waves back to activists from the Yakima Immigrant Response Network Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 as they wave signs and call out "no estas solo, you are not alone." CREDIT: ENRIQUE PÉREZ DE LA ROSA/NWPB

The United States Department of Justice is suing King County over its ban on deportation flights from Boeing Field. A King County executive order banned deportation flights from Boeing Field in April 2019. Since then, ICE has diverted detainees to and from Yakima airport by bus. Read More

In ‘Party Of Five’ Reboot, Deportation Separates The Family Instead Of Death, But Tragedy Remains

By NPR News January 11, 2020

The Party of Five reboot centers on five Latinx siblings who are left to navigate life on their own after their parents are deported. Gilles Mingasson/Freeform

The hit '90s TV drama is back with a timely twist. Co-creator Amy Lippman and writer Gabriel Llanas talk about creating a show about five Latinx siblings whose parents are deported to Mexico. Continue Reading In Read More

Judge Blocks Federal Government Move To Fast-Track Deportations

By NPR News September 28, 2019

In this March 3, 2015, photo, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers escort an arrestee in an apartment building in the Bronx borough of New York during a series of early morning raids. Richard Drew/AP

On Friday, U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said that the move appeared to have violated federal law. She stated that the administration did not follow the correct decision-making procedures. Continue Reading Judge Blocks Federal Read More

Stay In A Western Washington Motel 6? You May Have Claim On A $12M Settlement

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa August 28, 2019

The hotel chain Motel 6 agreed on Thursday to pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Washington state claiming hotel guest information was improperly provided to immigration officials, according to Attorney General Bob Ferguson. CREDIT: Elaine Thompson/AP

Motel 6 turned over the private information of more than 100,000 guests to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, doing so without warrants or consent. Now, those guests can claim their part of a $12 million settlement. Continue Read More

Report Criticizes Yakima For ICE Deportation Flights, As City Explains Financial Quandary

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa August 21, 2019

A new report from the University of Washington Center for Human Rights estimates that on average 160 people in ICE custody now flow through the Yakima airport each week. The city receives money for each of those flights, and is at risk of losing millions in federal grants if they don't allow them. Read More

Yakima And King County Airports Risk Funding Loss If They Don’t Cooperate With ICE

By Esmy Jimenez May 20, 2019

In this still image from a vide, detainees are loaded onto a Swift Air charter flight at King County International Airport (Boeing Field) in Seattle. COURTESY OF UWCHR/ALEX MONTALVO AND WADII BOUGHDIR

Seattle’s Boeing Field and the Yakima Air Terminal have a choice: Let Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) flights land at the airport or risk future money from the government. It started in April when King County Executive Dow Constantine issued an order to rid Boeing Field of ICE flights. Read More

To get a "satisfactory" rating on their performance evaluations, judges will be required to clear at least 700 cases a year. Some judges warn quotas could erode due process for immigrants. Continue Reading Justice Department Rolls Out Quotas For Read More

Supreme Court Ruling Means Immigrants Could Continue To Be Detained Indefinitely

By NPR News February 27, 2018

Immigrants suspected of being in the U.S. illegally are transferred to be processed at the Tucson sector of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Arizona in 2016. CREDIT: ROSE D. FRANKLIN

The court ruled that immigrants, even those who are permanent legal residents and asylum seekers, have no right to periodic bond hearings, meaning they could be held indefinitely in some cases. Continue Reading Supreme Court Ruling Means Read More

Washington Prisons Deportation Program Still Going After 6 Years

By Austin Jenkins March 29, 2017

Since 2011, Washington’s prison system has deported 339 convicted felons instead of locking them up. The deportations are part of a voluntary program designed to reduce prison costs. Continue Reading Washington Prisons Deportation Program Still Going Read More

Federal Government Sues King County Over Ban Of Deportation Flights From Boeing Field

In ‘Party Of Five’ Reboot, Deportation Separates The Family Instead Of Death, But Tragedy Remains

Judge Blocks Federal Government Move To Fast-Track Deportations

Stay In A Western Washington Motel 6? You May Have Claim On A $12M Settlement

Report Criticizes Yakima For ICE Deportation Flights, As City Explains Financial Quandary

Yakima And King County Airports Risk Funding Loss If They Don’t Cooperate With ICE

After Felony Conviction, Iraq War Veteran Faces Deportation To Mexico

40 Years After Vietnam War, Some Refugees In The U.S. Face Deportation

Homeland Security Created A Fake University In Michigan As Part Of Immigration Sting

Justice Department Rolls Out Quotas For Immigration Judges

Supreme Court Ruling Means Immigrants Could Continue To Be Detained Indefinitely

Washington Prisons Deportation Program Still Going After 6 Years