Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry’s fight for justice at WAWAC Gala
EVERETT— Approximately 200 community members gathered at the Carl Gibson Center for the Washington West African Center’s (WAWAC) second annual fundraising gala, aiming to raise $150,000 for immigrant support services. Saturday’s event featured a keynote address by Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry, a service-disabled U.S. Army veteran and immigrant who recounted his unlawful 124-day detention by Immigration […]
Jayapal introduces bill to dismantle the ‘horrifying’ immigration detention system
WASHINGTON, D.C. —U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), outside the U.S. Capitol and flanked by Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist detained by the Trump administration for alleged visa application misrepresentations and activism, announced the reintroduction of the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to repeal mandatory immigration detention, prohibit the detention of families and children, and establish […]
