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Spokane asylum seeker self-deports to Nicaragua, fearing detainment and separation from 1-year-old

The Department of Homeland Security states 2.2 million unauthorized immigrants have self-deported since January 2025.

/ 30 Jun 2026

Spokane asylum seeker self-deports to Nicaragua, fearing detainment and separation from 1-year-old

US Supreme Court rules Trump administration can end legal protections for 350,000 Haitians

The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday allowed the Trump administration to move forward with its plans to strip temporary legal status from 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians, a move that opens them up to deportation.

By Ariana Figueroa, Washington State Standard

/ 26 Jun 2026

US Supreme Court rules Trump administration can end legal protections for 350,000 Haitians

‘Considerados esenciales’ y olvidados:

Cómo los líderes comunitarios y los médicos están ayudando a los trabajadores agrícolas latinos a sobrellevar la COVID prolongada

By Monica Carillo-Casas

/ 16 Jun 2026

'Deemed essential' and left behind:

How community leaders and physicians are helping Latino farmworkers navigate long COVID

By Monica Carillo-Casas

/ 16 Jun 2026

‘Not guilty’: Jury gives verdict to man accused of assaulting ICE officer during immigration arrest

After two trials, Hector Saul Iraheta-Mercado is found innocent. But he’s still not free. Shortly after the verdict, he was taken into federal custody for an immigration violation.

By Daisy Zavala Magaña

/ 9 Jun 2026

‘Not guilty’: Jury gives verdict to man accused of assaulting ICE officer during immigration arrest

‘Do you want us to do it to all of you?’

The video of ICE officers violently arresting an immigrant man now accused of assaulting one of them is shown in court. ICE agent questioned about prejudiced Facebook post.

By Daisy Zavala Magaña and Valerie Osier

/ 5 Jun 2026

‘Do you want us to do it to all of you?’

WA DOL illegally shared data with ICE. No one can tell the jury in trial of Salvadoran immigrant.

And, an ICE agent with a long history of collaborating with Washington cops, who regularly posts anti-immigrant rhetoric on social media, is set to testify in the case.

By Erin Sellers and Daisy Zavala Magaña

/ 4 Jun 2026

WA DOL illegally shared data with ICE. No one can tell the jury in trial of Salvadoran immigrant.

Tried for a second time

The jury trial for a Salvadoran man accused of assaulting an ICE officer during an arrest last summer in East Wenatchee begins again after a mistrial.

By Daisy Zavala Magaña

/ 3 Jun 2026

SPS to tweak immigration enforcement policy to make it ‘cohesive’

The document would bring existing policy and procedural practices under one umbrella, but it would not substantively change actual operations.

By Daisy Zavala Magaña

/ 2 Jun 2026

SPS to tweak immigration enforcement policy to make it ‘cohesive’

‘I thought that there would be democracy’

An asylum-seeker in Spokane County learned a judge denied their case without a full hearing, ordering their removal to a third country. They’re now fighting against the odds for safety and life in the US.

By Daisy Zavala Magaña

/ 23 Apr 2026

‘I thought that there would be democracy’

Failure to Thrive

After brutal legal blow leaves Thrive International with millions in debt, refugee nonprofit makes last-ditch move to save organization and homes.

By Daniel Walters

/ 10 Apr 2026

WA DOL shared data with Border Patrol for Eastern WA civil immigration enforcement in apparent state violation

Spokane father Arnoldo Tiul Caal, later found to have been unlawfully detained, had driver’s license data searched by Border Patrol days before his detainment.

By Erin Sellers

/ 2 Apr 2026

WA DOL shared data with Border Patrol for Eastern WA civil immigration enforcement in apparent state violation