Inslee Calls New Trump Executive Order A 'Retreat'
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said he has “major concerns” about President Donald Trump’s new executive order on immigration and refugees. But the Democrat says the fact Trump rescinded his previous...
View ArticleCatholic Church To Central Washington Congregants: 'Love The Undocumented'
A Catholic bishop is preaching a message that’s tough for some of his white parishioners to hear: that they have to love their undocumented immigrant neighbors.
View ArticleNorthwest Growers, Undocumented Workers Wait And Worry
In Washington state, experts say probably more than half of the workers harvesting the apples you eat and the asparagus you grill are undocumented. And farmers and undocumented workers are bracing for...
View ArticleWashington Prisons Deportation Program Still Going After 6 Years
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.
View ArticleOregon House Approves Measure That Would Limit Data Sharing For Immigrants
Oregon lawmakers want to make it harder for federal immigration agents to find people living in the country illegally.
View ArticleOregon Senate Approves Plan To Pay Medical Costs For Unauthorized Immigrant...
The Oregon Senate voted Monday to extend health insurance coverage to children who are in the country illegally . The $36 million plan would enroll those children in the state's Medicaid program.
View ArticleWith A DACA Summer Job, A Bumper Crop Of Worry
Adeline Guerra is a 19-year old nursing student at Washington State University Tri-Cities, and is one of 1.4 million people living and working in the U.S. under the Obama administration’s Deferred...
View ArticleMcMorris Rodgers Splits With Trump On DACA
Eastern Washington’s Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is the most powerful Republican woman in the U.S. House of Representatives. And now, she’s speaking out against President Donald Trump’s decision to end...
View ArticleFerguson, Other Democratic AGs To File Suit Against DACA Repeal
Washington state's top lawyer Bob Ferguson said his office is coordinating a joint lawsuit with other Democratic attorneys general in order to protect young immigrants from deportation. The Trump...
View ArticleDACA Supporters Rally In Yakima
Yakima County, Washington, predominantly voted for Donald Trump during the general election. But just hours after President Trump announced he was ending the DACA program in six months, 75 DACA...
View ArticleOregon Governor: Here’s What I Would Have Said To Jeff Sessions
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said she requested a meeting with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions during his visit to Portland Tuesday. But she says she never got a response from Sessions or his staff.
View Article'Arch of Healing' Remembers Anti-Immigrant History In Bellingham
Bellingham, Washington, dedicates a new monument this Saturday that speaks to the Pacific Northwest's long and conflicted history with immigration. The " Arch of Healing and Reconciliation "...
View ArticleHow Do You Say 'Evacuate' In Tagalog? In A Disaster, English Isn't Always Enough
Nearly 20 percent of people in Washington and 15 percent in Oregon speak a language other than English at home. Emergency managers from around the West are grappling with how to reach people in foreign...
View ArticleConvict Facing Deportation To China After Pot Bust Seeks To Withdraw Guilty Plea
A Chinese immigrant arrested during the bust of a sprawling illegal pot growing operation last November wants to withdraw his guilty plea. The man claims he didn't understand his conviction could lead...
View ArticlePortland Demonstrators Protest Child Separations By 'Occupying' ICE
New hardline immigration policies from the federal government have led to backlash nationwide. And in Oregon, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has an occupation on its hands.
View ArticleICE Temporarily Shutters Portland Facility Due To 'Occupy' Protest
Following two days of raucous heckling and disruption from Portland demonstrators, a regional office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has temporarily shuttered, the agency announced Wednesday.
View ArticleThe Pot Farmers Next Door: Chinese Immigrants Drawn To Illicit Indoor Grows
Earlier this week in Tacoma, Washington, police tactical squads staged coordinated raids on middle class homes converted into indoor pot farms. What the authorities found follows a recent pattern in...
View ArticlePortland-Area Shelter For Immigrant Kids Opens Its Doors
Images of migrant children kept in detention centers near the border have stirred strong feelings around the country. But the Portland-area shelter where federal officials send immigrant children is...
View ArticleMeasure to Repeal Oregon's Sanctuary Law Makes November Ballot
Three decades after Oregon blazed a trail by enacting statewide sanctuary laws, voters will have a say in repealing them this fall.
View ArticleOregon Prison Must Continue Allowing Access to Immigrant Detainees, Judge Rules
A federal detention facility in Sheridan, Oregon, must continue to open its doors to attorneys representing dozens of immigrant detainees, a judge ruled today.
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