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Trump's birthright citizenship order lands in Seattle appeals court

Federal appeals court judges in Seattle on Wednesday questioned a Trump administration lawyer and Washington’s solicitor general over the president’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship.
- Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
Filipina green card holder and UW worker released from Tacoma ICE center

After nearly three months in immigration detention, University of Washington employee Lewelyn Dixon was released Thursday to the cheers and hugs of family, co-workers, and a crowd of supporters gathered in Tacoma.
- Liz Jones
ICE arrests 17 in raid at Kent specialty beverage company

Federal immigration agents arrested 17 people Tuesday in a raid at a specialty beverage manufacturer in Kent.
- Liz Jones
A fight between romantic rivals in Washington state results in ICE arrests

The love triangle set off big emotions — and a series of events that would end with a man and his brother in immigration jail, and possibly headed to El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Seattle judge rescinds order directing Trump administration to admit 12,000 refugees

A judge on Thursday rescinded an order that would have required the Trump administration to admit some 12,000 refugees into the United States.
- Associated Press
Washington AG Brown's 3 takeaways from birthright citizenship SCOTUS hearing

Brown said he was encouraged to hear many of the justices express “pretty explicitly that they thought the president’s order was unlawful and unconstitutional."
- Amy Radil
Union farmworker organizer ‘Lelo’ denied bond to leave Tacoma ICE lockup

A prominent Washington farmworker union organizer arrested by ICE earlier this year, will remain detained in the Tacoma ICE facility after being denied release Thursday. The attorney for Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino said he plans to keep pushing to get him out.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
His day started with selling a chicken coop. It ended in immigration detention

Sergey Kostenyuk and Mary Loisate have been together for more than 20 years. Loisate was born in the U.S., but Kostenyuk is a legal permanent resident with a green card. He came to Spokane from Ukraine as a refugee more than 30 years ago, when he was a child.
- Eilís O'Neill
Spokane man arrested by ICE spent more than a decade trying to obtain legal status

As the number of ICE arrests across Washington state increases, more people are documenting their encounters with federal agents, leaving friends and family stunned, people in federal custody unsure about their future, and others in their community fearful of future raids and arrests.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Seattle May Day protesters slam Trump, Musk over immigration and labor crackdowns

Activists say this year’s rally and march are primarily a response to the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants and pro-labor groups.
- Casey Martin

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