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Coronavirus compounds fears for an ICE detainee and her family
Immigration advocates are pushing for the release of a detainee with serious health concerns at the ICE facility in Tacoma.
Lilly Fowler
Lilly Fowler is formerly a reporter at Crosscut, where she focused on immigration and religion, among other issues. Before Crosscut, she worked as a producer for the national program Religion &amp
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After brief coronavirus closure, Seattle immigration court reopens to backlash
Judges, advocates and even ICE prosecutors all say the coronavirus puts staff and others in harm’s way. The feds have reopened immigration courts anyway.
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Seattleites ignore social distancing as coronavirus spreads
Washington leaders and the public are frustrated with those who aren't taking health guidelines seriously.
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Coronavirus outbreak prompts call for ICE to release at-risk detainees
The suit, filed by the ACLU and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, calls for the immediate release of detainees in Tacoma.
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To stop COVID-19, Washington implements measures not seen since Spanish flu
Gov. Jay Inslee banned gatherings of over 250 people in the state's three most populous counties.