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 […]
US Supreme Court rules to allow third-country deportations
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The United States Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision of Monday, June 23, granting the Trump administration’s request to stay a lower court injunction, now paving the way to proceed with deporting illegal immigrants to a third county not specified in their removal orders. The unsigned order pauses a ruling by U.S. District Judge […]
RISNW, Lynnwood Food Bank, Verdant, and LPD team up for wellness pop-up event
LYNNWOOD—Scores of passenger vehicles wrapped around the Verdant Health Commission building in Lynnwood on Monday afternoon with those from immigrant communities concerned about food insecurity in the wake of federal immigration enforcement actions throughout Puget Sound. “A lot of immigrant refugee families have self-terminated their benefits,” Van Dinh-Kuno, Executive Director of Refugee and Immigrant Services […]
Hundreds rally for undocumented immigrant protections
OLYMPIA—More than 500 people braved the cold with their monarch butterfly signs – symbols of immigration, freedom, and movement – to support undocumented immigrant rights during a rally on Thursday, January 30 in Olympia, organized by the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN). Brenda Rodríguez López, executive director of WAISN, said she wasn’t afraid despite warnings […]
Ferguson signs executive order in anticipation of illegal alien deportations
(The Center Square) – In anticipation of mass deportations of illegal aliens by newly-elected President Donald J Trump, Washington state Governor Bob Ferguson has signed an executive order intended to provide services for children of those deported. While Attorney General Nick Brown has filed a multistate lawsuit in response to Trump’s executive order overturning birthright […]
