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1 week ago | 
kuow.org | Gustavo Alvarez
Washington state’s so-called “sanctuary law” is in the crosshairs of elected officials, because of how it limits local law enforcement from working with federal immigration enforcement. But new data from the state’s department of corrections shows, even when the state works with federal immigration enforcement, the federal government isn’t always following through.
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3 weeks ago | 
kuow.org | Gustavo Alvarez
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents transfer an immigrant after an early morning raid in Duarte, California, Monday, June 6, 2022. In an early morning raid Wednesday at Mt. Baker Roofing Company in Bellingham, immigration officials confirm they arrested 37 people who fraudulently represented their immigration status.
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3 weeks ago | 
prensa.ciudaddemendoza.gob.ar | Gustavo Alvarez
La Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Mendoza informa un nuevo cronograma de tareas referidas al arbolado urbano, bacheo de arterias e higiene pública en los barrios del oeste, con el objetivo de mantener en buenas condiciones los diferentes sectores capitalinos. A continuación, se detalla el itinerario de los trabajos. Arbolado urbanoSemana del 31/3 al 4/4DesrameCalle Belgrano, desde Mariano Moreno hasta Pueyrredón. Trabajos puntuales en zonas de la 6ta. Sección, de lunes a viernes, y 2da.
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3 weeks ago | 
kuow.org | Gustavo Alvarez
A fence outside of the Northwest Detention Center, renamed the Northwest ICE Processing Center, is shown on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, in Tacoma. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer The Tacoma Police Department responded to a call from the Northwest ICE Processing Center Wednesday night asking for help finding an escaped detainee. The call came from the facility at 7:30 p.m. Tacoma Police does not know whether this person has been found and taken back to the facility.
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3 weeks ago | 
kuow.org | Gustavo Alvarez
Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Monday, March 24, 2025.
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3 weeks ago | 
kuow.org | Liz Jones |Gustavo Alvarez
Protesters rally at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma on March 27, 2025, following the detention of two local union members. KUOW Photo / Gustavo Sagrero Alvarez Hundreds of union workers and immigrant rights advocates rallied Thursday evening outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Tacoma to protest the arrest of dozens of people, including the leader of a farmworker union in Skagit County and a technician and union member at UW Medicine.
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4 weeks ago | 
kuow.org | Gustavo Alvarez |Juan Pablo Chiquiza
Armando Chaj y su familia estaban a punto de regresar a su casa luego de asistir al sermón dominical en una iglesia cercana a su hogar en Everson. Recién se habían unido a la congregación evangélica "Christ Fellowship" y se quedaron para preguntarle a los líderes de la iglesia cómo involucrarse más con la comunidad.
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4 weeks ago | 
kuow.org | Gustavo Alvarez
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers look at the identification of a person detained on Monday. AP Farmworker activist Alfredo Juarez Zeferino, known in his community as “Lelo,” was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday, March 25, and is being held at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. The office of U.S. Rep.
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1 month ago | 
kuow.org | Gustavo Alvarez |Andy Hurst
Sen. Murray decries cuts to Medicaid, WA joins effort to protect passport access for trans people, and Seattle's skies are busy with bald eagles this spring. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Gustavo Sagrero. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share?
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1 month ago | 
kuow.org | Gustavo Alvarez
An Eastern Washington sheriff’s office is pushing back against allegations of government misconduct after immigration officials targeted the same man the office was investigating. In a recent court filing, the Spokane County Sheriff's Office is accused of violating two state laws: the Keep Washington Working Act passed in 2019; and the Washington Open Courts Open to All Act passed in 2020.
