Eilis O'Neill

2 months ago | theworld.org | Eilis O'Neill

Every September, craft brewers from Seattle drive out to the Yakima Valley in central Washington state for hops — including for Fremont Brewing’s famous Cowiche Canyon fresh hop ale. For those hops, Fremont Brewing goes to Carpenter Ranches, a sprawling 2,000 acres of apples, cherries and those precious hops. It’s a skilled operation with farmworkers who have been there for decades, legally, thanks to a 1986 amnesty by former President Ronald Reagan.

Feb 27, 2025 | m.kuow.org | Teo Popescu |Eilis O'Neill |Juan Pablo Chiquiza

Un hogar “status mixto” es una familia o casa en donde al menos uno de sus residentes no tiene permiso de residencia o de trabajo. En el estado de Washington hay diversas variaciones de estos hogares. En el 2019, un 38% de los inmigrantes sin permiso de permanencia legal y mayores de 15 años vivían con al menos un menor ciudadano estadounidense. En el 2022, 200 mil hogares en el estado de Washington, un 6,4% de habitantes, albergaban al menos un inmigrante sin status legal.

Feb 21, 2025 | kuow.org | Eilis O'Neill

Supporters of a bill to give domestic workers the same safety protections required by law for other employees, march through the Capitol Annex Swing Space office building in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. Domestic workers in Washington state don’t have guaranteed breaks or minimum pay — unless they’re in the city of Seattle. A bill currently before the Washington state Legislature would change that.

Feb 18, 2025 | kuow.org | Eilis O'Neill

A young man reacts to information on how to prepare for the upcoming changes to undocumented families living in the U.S., Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Miami. Providers at Seattle area-clinics that serve immigrant communities say that ever since President Trump returned to office, many more patients than usual have been missing appointments. Julián Pérez is a family medicine doctor at Sea Mar – Community Health Centers in White Center.

Feb 10, 2025 | kuow.org | Teo Popescu |Eilis O'Neill

Mixed-status households and families, where at least one member is an unauthorized immigrant, exist in multiple ways in Washington state. In 2019, 38% of unauthorized immigrants 15 and older resided with at least one U.S. citizen child. More recent numbers from 2022 show that 200,000 households—6.4% of Washington households—include at least one unauthorized immigrant member. And 10.7% of K-12 students had at least one unauthorized immigrant parent in 2022. Where did these numbers come from?