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Yakima County immigration rights advocates voice concerns over recent arrests

As immigration arrests continue in Yakima County, local immigrant rights advocates are voicing concerns about whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is following the letter of the law.
Staff Report

Federal rule could force some Yakima residents to choose between family and housing

A proposed change by the Trump administration could force low-income families of mixed immigration status to split up to keep federally-subsidized housing or find a new place to live, according to local and state experts.

Immigrants in WA to be notified of federal workplace inspections under new law

础听聽will help immigrant workers know when the records proving they can legally work in the U.S. are about to come under federal review.
ERICK BENGEL Special to the 黑料福利社
Staff Report

Yakima volunteers assemble whistle kits to alert people to ICE activity

More than 100 people came together on Saturday to assemble the whistle kits. A protest and vigil are planned Sunday in Yakima.
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PHOTOS: Davis High School and Franklin Middle School students walk out to protest ICE

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Photo gallery: Hundreds of students from Davis High School and about 40 from Franklin Middle School protest against ICE and Donald Trump Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in Yakima, Wash.聽
Staff Report

Yakima County immigration rights advocates voice concerns over recent arrests

As immigration arrests continue in Yakima County, local immigrant rights advocates are voicing concerns about whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is following the letter of the law.

How green card changes might affect applicants in WA

While the memo does not change any laws, it suggests applicants could face greater scrutiny.
Simmerdeep Kaur, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
Staff Report

Federal rule could force some Yakima residents to choose between family and housing

A proposed change by the Trump administration could force low-income families of mixed immigration status to split up to keep federally-subsidized housing or find a new place to live, according to local and state experts.

Immigration proposal could strip asylum seekers of legal employment

鈥淚f this change occurs, it will affect everyone,鈥 said Rachel Avila, an immigration attorney at聽.
Simmerdeep Kaur Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Immigrants in WA to be notified of federal workplace inspections under new law

础听聽will help immigrant workers know when the records proving they can legally work in the U.S. are about to come under federal review.
ERICK BENGEL Special to the 黑料福利社

Is ICE coming to Sea-Tac Airport? Here鈥檚 what we know

Port Commissioner Sam Cho said on social media Sunday morning that 鈥渨e have not received any word of further ICE deployments at SEA.鈥
Taylor Blatchford from The Seattle Times

Pacific Northwest saw surge in ICE arrests at end of 2025, data show

Yakima County was hit particularly hard, new University of Washington Center for Human Rights data show.
Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks and Daniel Beekman from The Seattle Times

Back from Dilley ICE facility, WA 11-year-old and dad tell their story

They went from sleeping on the floor in a Spokane holding cell to a complex in the Texas desert, where kids killed time between little, if any, schooling.
NINA SHAPIRO The Seattle Times

ICE data tells the story of almost 2,000 immigrant arrests in WA

Data gives a picture of where Washington stands with immigration enforcement and how it is one of the clearest examples of a striking arrest pattern.
Nina Shapiro from The Seattle Times

Seattle tries to bar information disclosure to ICE

It鈥檚 unclear what kind of information would be protected under the new law. Much of the city鈥檚 internal communications and written records are publicly available.
David Kroman from The Seattle Times
El Sol de Yakima

Los dos regresaron a Spokane el s谩bado en la noche en un vuelo y fueron recibidos por un grupo de seguidores.
CANNON BARNETT The Spokesman-Review
El Sol de Yakima

Decenas de personas de varias partes del estado de Washington viajaron a Olympia para el D铆a Legislativo Latino el lunes. En el Capitolio hablaron del agresivo control migratorio y del derecho de sindicalizaci贸n de los trabajadores agr铆colas.
ERICK BENGEL Walla Walla Union Bulletin
El Sol de Yakima

Un grupo de voluntarios prepar贸 kits de silbatos que se distribuir谩n entre miembros de la comunidad para alertar sobre la actividad del Servicio de Inmigraci贸n y Control de Aduanas en la zona.
SARA RAE SHIELDS 黑料福利社
El Sol de Yakima

La propuesta de ley pas贸 en el Senado estatal con una votaci贸n de 30-19. Ahora se encamina a la C谩mara de Representantes estatal. Si pasa, ir谩 al escritorio del gobernador del estado de Washington.
Sophia Sostrin The Seattle Times
El Sol de Yakima

El gobernador Bob Ferguson y el procurador general Nick Brown dijeron que preparan opciones legales para responder si una operaci贸n similar a la de Minnesota se intensifica en el estado de Washington.
Jim Brunner The Seattle Times

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WA experts explain legal limits on ICE, Border Patrol officers鈥 power

Immigration enforcement should be done in a way "that follows the damn law," said state Attorney General Nick Brown. So what does the law say?
Nina Shapiro from The Seattle Times

Ferguson, Brown pledge legal action if ICE violates WA residents鈥 rights

Reacting to deaths in Minnesota, Gov. Bob Ferguson and Attorney General Nick Brown are vowing to be ready to fight back against any ICE escalation in Washington.
Jim Brunner from The Seattle Times

Border patrol detains 10-year-old Spokane girl and her dad

The father and his daughter are being detained in Texas.
ELENA PERRY and MONICA CARRILLO-CASAS The Spokesman-Review

Opinion: ICE isn't just after bad guys

Across our state in the month of June, Immigration and Customs Enforcement聽snared at least 275 people聽suspected of being here illegally, the Washington State Standard reports.
黑料福利社 Editorial Board
El Sol de Yakima

Una estudiante de primaria en Spokane fue detenida junto con su padre a principios de este mes. Ambos se encuentran detenidos en el Centro de Procesamiento de Inmigrantes de Dilley, en Dilley, Texas.
ELENA PERRY y MONICA CARRILLO-CASAS The Spokesman-Review
El Sol de Yakima

El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional exige que los integrantes del Congreso estatal de Washington avisen con siete d铆as de anticipaci贸n antes de visitar el centro de detenci贸n de inmigrantes en Tacoma.
Anumita Kaur The Seattle Times
El Sol de Yakima

El Departamento de Polic铆a de Yakima dijo que se limit贸 煤nicamente al choque-fuga ocurrido en el centro de la ciudad. Bajo la Ley Mantener a Washington Trabjando, las corporaciones policiales estatales y locales tienen prohibido aplicar la ley migratoria.
DONALD W. MEYERS 黑料福利社
El Sol de Yakima

Ezequiel Morf铆n Jr. fue recientemente nombrado director de la Alianza C铆vica Latina Vota en el condado de Yakima. Morf铆n se desempe帽贸 anteriormente como concejal en Toppenish, es electricista de profesi贸n, y actualmente es voluntario en un grupo local que verifica鈥
AM脡RICA BARCEL脫-FELDMAN Para El Sol de Yakima
El Sol de Yakima

Miembros de la comunidad de Yakima se reunieron el viernes en una vigilia por Renee Good, quien fue baleada y asesinada la semana pasada en Minneapolis por un agente del Servicio de Inmigraci贸n y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus鈥
ALEXANDER BANKS 黑料福利社

Is ICE coming to Sea-Tac Airport? Here鈥檚 what we know

Port Commissioner Sam Cho said on social media Sunday morning that 鈥渨e have not received any word of further ICE deployments at SEA.鈥
Taylor Blatchford from The Seattle Times

Pacific Northwest saw surge in ICE arrests at end of 2025, data show

Yakima County was hit particularly hard, new University of Washington Center for Human Rights data show.
Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks and Daniel Beekman from The Seattle Times

Back from Dilley ICE facility, WA 11-year-old and dad tell their story

They went from sleeping on the floor in a Spokane holding cell to a complex in the Texas desert, where kids killed time between little, if any, schooling.
NINA SHAPIRO The Seattle Times

ICE data tells the story of almost 2,000 immigrant arrests in WA

Data gives a picture of where Washington stands with immigration enforcement and how it is one of the clearest examples of a striking arrest pattern.
Nina Shapiro from The Seattle Times

Seattle tries to bar information disclosure to ICE

It鈥檚 unclear what kind of information would be protected under the new law. Much of the city鈥檚 internal communications and written records are publicly available.
David Kroman from The Seattle Times

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