AIC, Mar. 29, 2018 - "On March 29, 2018, the District Court granted Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment . The court found that the failure to provide all class members with notice of the one-year asylum application period violates Congressional... Read More
"Moments ago, the King County Council passed an ordinance ( 2013-0285 ) that would establish clear guidelines for local law enforcement's involvement in federal immigration enforcement and make our communities safer. The ordinance, co-sponsored... Read More
Daniel Levine and Kristina Cooke, Reuters, Feb. 14, 2017 - "U.S. authorities have arrested an immigrant from Mexico who was brought to the United States illegally as a child and later given a work permit during the Obama administration in what could... Read More
Devin Theriot-Orr writes: "Rashid Abdur-Rahman and his family are one of many who have been caught up in USCIS's change in policy regarding what constitutes an employer-employee relationship for purposes of H1B status. USCIS approved his H1B... Read More
"A federal court ruled late yesterday that a class of immigrants detained at the Tacoma-based Northwest Detention Center must be given bond hearings. The court’s decision comes at the same time that hundreds of immigrant detainees are participating... Read More
"WDA seeks a full-time immigration resource attorney to join WDAIP staff. The position is funded for one year beginning July 1, 2012, and WDA is committed to seeking additional full-time funding to continue the position. The position is based... Read More
"The Justice Department reached an agreement today with SK Food Group Inc., a company based in Seattle, resolving claims that the company used discriminatory document practices when verifying the work authority of non-citizens. The department’s... Read More
Manuel “Manny” Francisco Rios III writes: "Attached is a unicorn of the month for us - a reversal of an over-the-top IJ denial of 10 yr cancellation. The IJ denied the e-42B on three separate grounds: adverse credibility, lack of requisite... Read More
Sydney Brownstone, Feb. 16, 2017 - "Lawyers for Daniel Ramirez Medina, the twice-authorized, 23-year-old DACA recipient who was scooped up by immigration enforcement near Seattle last week, say that government officials doctored a legal document... Read More
"A Seattle-area man detained by immigration authorities for nearly seven months now claims he was wrongly arrested at Sea-Tac Airport while attempting to fly to Alaska. Describing his arrest as “an arbitrary and indefensible loss of liberty... Read More
"U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport denied entry Friday to 15 Russian engineers from Boeing's Moscow Design Center and sent them back to Russia. The incident caused the company to suspend... Read More
"The Justice Department said Thursday that it will block video recordings of next month’s closing arguments in a Seattle court case that addresses the rights of child migrants to legal counsel in deportation proceedings. A DOJ spokesperson... Read More
NPR, Mar. 30, 2017 - "Saying that Attorney General Jeff Sessions' threat to strip billions in federal grant money from so-called "sanctuary cities" is illegal and unconstitutional, the city of Seattle has sued President Trump and his... Read More