‘Updated procedures’ from the Seattle field office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection told agents to also detain people with ties to Palestine and Lebanon, and to ask about their religion.
Last year, California banned private detention centers and was promptly sued. Now, Washington state legislators are considering a similar ban.
In the wake of increasing geopolitical tensions, 10 Seattleites talk about turmoil here and abroad.
The Bellevue woman, who works at Microsoft, was held by U.S. Border Patrol with dozens of others.
Yakima's population is nearly half Latinx, yet it took a tumultuous voting rights battle to open the door to more Latinx elected officials. Now the city council has just one.
