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Immigration

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Gian Carlo Perrotti: Canadian Border-Crossing Bandit Faces Record 13th Deportation

    Illegal immigration from Mexico is reportedly on the decline, but Gian Carlo Perrotti may boost the stats for illicit Canadian border crossings all by himself. The Canadian was recently caught trying to sneak across the border into Washington, and will now likely be deported. Let's just say this isn ... More >>

  • News

    April 11, 2012

    Secure Communities, Irate Activists

    A heavy-handed ICE decree will only do harm, pro-immigrant forces argue.

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Border Patrol Spending Cuts Urged by Groups from Washington to Texas

    Senator Patty Murray and her Congressional Supercommittee have failed in the attempt to craft a bipartisan plan for spending cuts. But that doesn't mean people are out of ideas. One that's gaining momentum: Slash what one group calls "the gaping fiscal black hole" that is immigration enforcement.

  • News

    November 9, 2011

    Prison Pickers

    Why inmates aren't the answer to Washington's rotten-apple problem.

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    The Case of the Concerned Citizen, the Harmless Korean, and the Port Angeles Border Patrol

    ​Hung Han was helping his elderly parents pack up their produce stand at the Port Angeles farmer's market on the afternoon of Saturday, September 3 when he was approached, seemingly at random, by a pair of Border Patrol agents. The slender 37-year-old became "visibly nervous," as the agents la ... More >>

  • News

    October 5, 2011

    Rick Perry's Man in Washington

    The Texas governor's money man freaks out on Facebook.

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Chay Ixcot, Guatemalan Immigrant, Waits 22 Years to Find Out Whether He'll Be Deported

    Image source​The wheels of justice turn slowly. That maxim has never been truer than in the case of Chay Ixcot. A 44-year-old native of Guatamala, Ixcot was arrested on February 13, 1989 almost immediately after he crossed the border near Tijuana. He gave a false name, lied about his age, and ... More >>

  • News

    June 1, 2011

    Far From Home

    Why is Border Patrol patrolling so far from the border?

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Attorneys Can't Ignore Immigration Consequences to Guilty Plea, Appeals Court Confirms

    ​Plea bargains are notoriously rough dispensers of justice. The guilty, cutting deals with overburdened prosecutors, often get off with too few consequences. The innocent, tired of fighting, accept too many. And sometimes, a guilty plea changes defendants' lives in ways they never imagine. Sp ... More >>

  • News

    April 20, 2011

    Justice Delayed

    Zahid Chaudhry, a disabled veteran facing a deportation order, gets a one-year reprieve.

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    U-Visa Program Gives Illegal Immigrants Legal Status When They Are Victims of Crime

    ​Last week our sister paper SF Weekly published a feature article headlined "U-Visa: Illegal Immigrants Become Legal Residents Via Crime Victimization." The piece highlights a relatively new program in which undocumented immigrants can get visas by cooperating with law enforcement when they ar ... More >>

  • News

    February 2, 2011

    License to Drive

    Why denying undocumented immigrants IDs is a bad idea.

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    No Driver's Licenses for Washington's Illegal Immigrants? Bad Idea.

    ​In the past month, six Washington legislators have introduced six different bills intended to prevent undocumented immigrants from obtaining a state driver's license or identity card. Pramila Jayapal, director of the advocacy group OneAmerica, helps explain why all six ideas are short-sighte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Immigration Raid Has Ripple Effect on Ellensburg Economy

    Image via​The residents of a mobile home park on the outskirts of Ellensburg received a rude awakening early last Thursday morning. A police helicopter hovered above their homes, shining a searchlight through their windows. Squad cars blocked the entrance and exit to the community, which is ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Tara Ammons Cohen, Lifelong U.S. Resident, Deported to Mexico For Childhood Immigration Mix-up

    ​Tara Ammons Cohen of Omak was born in Mexico and adopted by American parents as a small child. Since then, she's spent almost every one of her 38 years living in the United States. But after a theft charge landed her in minor trouble, immigration officials got wind that her original adoption ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Fantasy Voter Fraud

    How do you frighten voters into believing undocumented immigrants can steal elections, even though there's no such evidence?

  • Diversions

    October 27, 2010

    ¡Ask a Mexican!

    How do you frighten voters into believing undocumented immigrants can steal elections, even though there's no such evidence?

  • News

    October 13, 2010

    Judge Charles: I Misinterpreted the City Attorney's Immigrant Sentencing Directive

    How do you frighten voters into believing undocumented immigrants can steal elections, even though there's no such evidence?

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Edsonya Charles, Besieged Municipal Court Judge Up for Reelection, Alienates Immigrant Advocates

    ​Municipal Court Presiding Judge Edsonya Charles, fighting for reelection in the kind of bare-knuckled race almost never seen in her courthouse, now finds herself in the middle of a new controversy that has landed her in trouble with immigrant advocates. The brouhaha concerns her stance on a p ... More >>

  • News

    July 7, 2010

    What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

    It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship.

  • News

    June 30, 2010

    An Immigrant's Heart

    To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    We Musicians Can Do Better Than an Arizona Boycott

    Krist Novoselic's column on music and politics runs every Tuesday on Reverb. Check back on Friday when he writes about what he's been listening to.​Sound Strike, a group of musicians--led by Rage Against the Machine, and including Kanye West, Sonic Youth, and Massive Attack--are calling for a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Jose Madrigal, Accused Edmonds Rapist, Has Been Deported Nine Times

    The new poster boy for tougher immigration legislation.​Jose Madrigal doesn't act like the kind of guy who wants to stay in America. And after the crime he supposedly committed last Sunday, it's likely local authorities will oblige him. Police say Madrigal grabbed a 28-year-old outside of an ... More >>

  • News

    May 12, 2010

    Salazar Disbarred, Malkandi Kicked Out

    Update on a wayward attorney and a Kurdish detainee.

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Village Voice Media Underwriting Challenge to Arizona Immigration Law

    Forget the boycott, let's sue their ass.​Seattle Weekly's parent company, Village Voice Media--which owns a paper in Phoenix and whose two top executives live in Arizona--is doing more than editorializing against Senate Bill 1070. The company has also announced that it is underwriting the cost ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Sam Malkandi, Detained for Years Due to Al-Qaida Connection, Tells Government to Deport Him or Let Him Go

    Sam Malkandi, shown here after the fall of Baghdad, says the government can't detain him indefinitely.​Kurdish Iraqi immigrant Sam Malkandi has been held in federal detention facilities for four-and-a-half years, ever since it came to light that the onetime Kirkland resident helped arrange a m ... More >>

  • Diversions

    March 31, 2010

    Special Minuteman Project Edition!

    Sam Malkandi, shown here after the fall of Baghdad, says the government can't detain him indefinitely.​Kurdish Iraqi immigrant Sam Malkandi has been held in federal detention facilities for four-and-a-half years, ever since it came to light that the onetime Kirkland resident helped arrange a m ... More >>

  • News

    February 3, 2010

    ICE-d Over

    Homeland Security’s increased oversight may not go far enough.

  • News

    January 20, 2010

    Citizen Action

    An Army vet goes after the officers who held him at ICE.

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Ninth Circuit to Hear Case Against Officers Who Detained a U.S. Citizen, Veteran for Seven Months

    Kevin P. CaseyRennison Castillo kept telling officers that he was a U.S. citizen​Imagine you, as an American citizen, were plucked from normal life and taken to a detention facility for illegal immigrants. Now, imagine that it took seven and a half months for immigration officials to figure ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    A Slice of Peach Pie with a Side of Reality

    It's fruit season, which means lots of excited chatter about apricot jam, peaches, and cherry pie. With the recent crop report forecasting that Washington's 2009 peach output could be up 15% over last year, it's sure to be a hectic time for farmers and their workers. This month, things are getting e ... More >>

  • Diversions

    April 1, 2009

    Special April Fools' Day Edition

    It's fruit season, which means lots of excited chatter about apricot jam, peaches, and cherry pie. With the recent crop report forecasting that Washington's 2009 peach output could be up 15% over last year, it's sure to be a hectic time for farmers and their workers. This month, things are getting e ... More >>

  • Film

    March 11, 2009

    Crossing Over: Harrison Ford Stars in Raiders of the Lost Immigrants

    It's fruit season, which means lots of excited chatter about apricot jam, peaches, and cherry pie. With the recent crop report forecasting that Washington's 2009 peach output could be up 15% over last year, it's sure to be a hectic time for farmers and their workers. This month, things are getting e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Obama Administration Conducts First Immigration Raid in Bellingham

    Immigrant advocates are holding a press conference this morning about yesterday's raid on a Bellingham manufacturing plant--the first nationally under the Obama administration, according to the immigration rights group OneAmerica. Does the raid portend continuation of the Bush policy cracking down o ... More >>

  • Diversions

    January 28, 2009

    Do You Really Hate the Illegal Mexican But Not the Legal One?

    Immigrant advocates are holding a press conference this morning about yesterday's raid on a Bellingham manufacturing plant--the first nationally under the Obama administration, according to the immigration rights group OneAmerica. Does the raid portend continuation of the Bush policy cracking down o ... More >>

  • News

    November 26, 2008

    Janet Napolitano’s Sorry Service in Arizona Makes Her a Terrible Choice for Homeland Security Secretary

    Immigrant advocates are holding a press conference this morning about yesterday's raid on a Bellingham manufacturing plant--the first nationally under the Obama administration, according to the immigration rights group OneAmerica. Does the raid portend continuation of the Bush policy cracking down o ... More >>

  • Diversions

    September 24, 2008

    Was I An Anchor Baby?

    Immigrant advocates are holding a press conference this morning about yesterday's raid on a Bellingham manufacturing plant--the first nationally under the Obama administration, according to the immigration rights group OneAmerica. Does the raid portend continuation of the Bush policy cracking down o ... More >>

  • Diversions

    September 3, 2008

    Say it Loud: Illegal and Proud

    Immigrant advocates are holding a press conference this morning about yesterday's raid on a Bellingham manufacturing plant--the first nationally under the Obama administration, according to the immigration rights group OneAmerica. Does the raid portend continuation of the Bush policy cracking down o ... More >>

  • Diversions

    July 2, 2008

    Love Thy Neighbor, Even Immigrants

    Immigrant advocates are holding a press conference this morning about yesterday's raid on a Bellingham manufacturing plant--the first nationally under the Obama administration, according to the immigration rights group OneAmerica. Does the raid portend continuation of the Bush policy cracking down o ... More >>

  • News

    June 11, 2008

    Kicking the Juans Out of the San Juans

    Mexicans and their employers are being caught up in border patrol's anti-terror initiatives.

  • Diversions

    November 14, 2007

    Please Answer This Age-Old Question: Is Lou Dobbs Lying?

    Mexicans and their employers are being caught up in border patrol's anti-terror initiatives.

  • Diversions

    June 13, 2007

    Elevated Rate of Sexual Deviancy Amongst Mexicans?

    Mexicans and their employers are being caught up in border patrol's anti-terror initiatives.

  • Diversions

    April 11, 2007

    What's This "Illegals Don't Pay Taxes" Crap?

    Mexicans and their employers are being caught up in border patrol's anti-terror initiatives.

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2006

    The Mystery of Immigration Law

    Mexicans and their employers are being caught up in border patrol's anti-terror initiatives.

  • Arts

    April 19, 2006

    El Hongo

    It took eight attempts, 122 days, and 12,000 miles for a Honduran teen to find his mother in the U.S. Given such determination, can we really expect a new federal law to keep illegal immigrants out?

  • News

    February 22, 2006

    The Immigrant Vote

    Proposed initiatives would crack down on illegals at the polls and on welfare rolls.

  • News

    August 3, 2005

    Borderline Effective

    After an Arizona demonstration, 'minutemen' are coming to watch over the Washington-Canada border.

  • News

    September 17, 2003

    Let Freedom Ride

    An unlikely road trip from Seattle to the East Coast is intended to put a human face on the problems of immigrants of every status.

  • News

    September 10, 2003

    The Big, Bad Border

    Iraq might be ground zero for Bushs terror war, but at home, one front line is our 5,000-mile border with Canada. Since 9/11, the U.S. has poured resources and manpower into Mexicanizing one of the worlds most peacefuland porousborders. But critics suggest that strategy wont work, and it could even ... More >>

  • News

    May 8, 2002

    To America, with love

    Iraq might be ground zero for Bushs terror war, but at home, one front line is our 5,000-mile border with Canada. Since 9/11, the U.S. has poured resources and manpower into Mexicanizing one of the worlds most peacefuland porousborders. But critics suggest that strategy wont work, and it could even ... More >>

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