Nina Shapiro

Seattle

Senior Editor at Seattle Times

Seattle Times reporter, covering social issues and more. [email protected]

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Articles

New ICE tactic brings advocates, protesters to WA immigration court

1 week ago | yakimaherald.com | Nina Shapiro

In the lobby of a downtown skyscraper that houses Seattle's immigration court, attorney Shir Becker stood Thursday with flyers at the ready. "Are you here for immigration court?" Becker, with the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, asked people walking into the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building. If the answer was yes, the attorney had news to share: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been in the building arresting people.
New ICE tactic brings advocates, protesters to WA immigration court

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Nina Shapiro |Nick Wagner

In the lobby of a downtown skyscraper that houses Seattle’s immigration court, attorney Shir Becker stood Thursday with flyers at the ready. “Are you here for immigration court?” Becker, with the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, asked people walking into the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building. If the answer was yes, the attorney had news to share: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been in the building arresting people.
Nina Shapiro: IRS participates in immigration raid at Kent beverage company

2 weeks ago | tri-cityherald.com | Nina Shapiro

May 21-In one of the first immigration raids involving the IRS, federal agents arrested 17 people at a Kent beverage manufacturing company Tuesday. The IRS' Criminal Investigation division helped execute a federal search warrant at Eagle Beverage and Accessories Products, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson David Yost.
Arrestos de ICE en corte migratoria de WA provocan temor a deportaciones exprés

2 weeks ago | elsoldeyakima.com | Nina Shapiro

Algo inusual ocurrió cuando la abogada Sofía Velling acudió el martes con una solicitante de asilo a una audiencia en la corte migratoria de Seattle. De pronto, relató, un abogado de U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) pidió que se desestimara el proceso de deportación contra su clienta. En el pasillo, afuera del juzgado, había varios agentes de ICE: una presencia poco común en ese edificio federal en el centro de la ciudad.
ICE arrests at Washington immigration court spark fear of fast-track removal

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Nina Shapiro

SEATTLE - Something unusual happened when attorney Sofia Velling went to a Seattle immigration court hearing Tuesday with an asylum-seeker. Out of the blue, she said, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney moved to dismiss deportation proceedings against her client. Stationed in the hallway outside were several ICE officers - a rare sight in the court, housed in a federal office building downtown.
IRS participates in immigration raid at Kent beverage company

2 weeks ago | spokesman.com | Nina Shapiro |Kai Uyehara

In one of the first immigration raids involving the Internal Revenue Service, federal agents arrested 17 people at a Kent beverage manufacturing company Tuesday. The IRS’ criminal investigation division helped execute a federal search warrant at Eagle Beverage and Accessories Products, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson David Yost.
ICE arrests at WA immigration court spark fear of fast-track removal

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Nina Shapiro

Something unusual happened when attorney Sofia Velling went to a Seattle immigration court hearing Tuesday with an asylum-seeker. Out of the blue, she said, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney moved to dismiss deportation proceedings against her client. Stationed in the hallway outside were several ICE officers — a rare sight in the court, housed in a federal office building downtown.
ICE arrests at Washington immigration court spark fear of fast-track removal

2 weeks ago | swoknews.com | Nina Shapiro

SEATTLE — Something unusual happened when attorney Sofia Velling went to a Seattle immigration court hearing Tuesday with an asylum-seeker. Out of the blue, she said, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney moved to dismiss deportation proceedings against her client. Stationed in the hallway outside were several ICE officers — a rare sight in the court, housed in a federal office building downtown.
ICE arrests at Washington immigration court spark fear of fast-track removal

2 weeks ago | thederrick.com | Nina Shapiro

SEATTLE — Something unusual happened when attorney Sofia Velling went to a Seattle immigration court hearing Tuesday with an asylum-seeker. Out of the blue, she said, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney moved to dismiss deportation proceedings against her client. Stationed in the hallway outside were several ICE officers — a rare sight in the court, housed in a federal office building downtown.
ICE arrests at Washington immigration court spark fear of fast-track removal

2 weeks ago | dailyitem.com | Nina Shapiro

SEATTLE — Something unusual happened when attorney Sofia Velling went to a Seattle immigration court hearing Tuesday with an asylum-seeker. Out of the blue, she said, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney moved to dismiss deportation proceedings against her client. Stationed in the hallway outside were several ICE officers — a rare sight in the court, housed in a federal office building downtown.