Immigration policy

While immigration enforcement is affecting Central Washington communities, it isn’t reducing Yakima Valley harvest numbers this fall, agriculture industry leaders say.

Federal law enforcement actions at the scene of the Bear Gulch Fire have county, state and federal officials trying to figure out how to prevent similar incidents in the future.

As immigration policies shift nationwide, local farmworkers in the Northwest say they are losing hours and losing ground. Some fear being replaced by foreign workers on visas, while others worry about detention.

Undocumented students and recent graduates in southwestern Washington are navigating uncertainty in the wake of changing immigration policy.