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After multiple deaths during roadside ICE arrests this week, Trump doubled down on "ICE's most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!" In WA state, traffic stops are assisted by accessing WA DOL data, despite state laws prohibiting the practice. www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...

ICE should continue traffic stops despite recent shootings, Trump says on social media

Trump wrote that "we must be strong, tough and smart and we CANNOT give up one of ICE's most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!"

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Who is responsible for enforcing Keep Washington Working? Yesterday, an Eastern Washington judge faced the question in a case where ICE accessed WA DOL data in violation of state law. UWCHR research cited in @rangemedia.co coverage of the case:

RANGE Media@rangemedia.co · 2mo ago

The judge’s ruling illustrates clear issues with the Keep WA Working Act: federal agents can’t be held accountable for state violations of the law — even if they know they're breaking it.

Congratulations to Dr. Rocha Beardall on joining the next class of William T. Grant Scholars! Dr. Rocha Beardall is working under the Puyallup Tribal Historic Preservation Department's direction to recover Puyallup children’s boarding school records held by outside institutions for over a century.

Seven Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2031 - William T. Grant Foundation

The Foundation is delighted to announce the newest class of William T. Grant Scholars: Tolani Britton, in the school of education at the University of California, Berkeley James Chu,in the department ...

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New reporting shows first confirmed cases in Eastern Washington where Department of Licensing and Washington State Patrol shared data with federal immigration agencies for civil enforcement, despite state laws prohibiting it. Reporting from Range Media, with data analysis support from UWCHR.

RANGE Media@rangemedia.co · 4mo ago

WA DOL shared data with Border Patrol for Eastern WA civil immigration enforcement in apparent state violation. Spokane father Arnoldo Tiul Caal, later found to have been unlawfully detained, had driver’s license data searched by Border Patrol days before his detainment, records show:

NEW: For the first time, ProPublica has been able to quantify how many U.S. citizen children have been directly affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown: more than 11,000 kids had a parent detained — and that’s an undercount. 1/ 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids

A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.

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A newly released dataset, obtained by UWCHR and analyzed by @propublica.org, shows new trends in immigration detention and deportation from 2023-2025, including higher rates of family separation. "That’s an average of more than 50 U.S. citizen kids a day with a parent pulled into detention."

ProPublica@propublica.org · 5mo ago

NEW: Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.

“Before they left, they had some officer sign a bunch of blank arrest warrants. It’s like a bunch of blank checks. Then when they go out into the field, they shatter someone’s window, arrest them and fill in the arrest warrant.” OPB connects OR residents' stories to new UWCHR data analysis.

OPB@opb.org · 5mo ago

Immigration arrests in the Pacific Northwest have exploded under President Donald Trump. These maps visualize that surge.

“It appears that a lot of these arrests, particularly vehicular arrests on the side of highways, involve dragnet surveillance of communities. Agents scanning people’s license plates, accessing DOL data, and using that to identify people.” - Phil Neff, UWCHR www.king5.com/article/news...

New UW data shows immigration arrests surged in the Pacific Northwest in late 2025

Researchers say arrests more than doubled in a matter of months, with Yakima County recording the highest rate in Washington.

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“In the Pacific Northwest migrant communities have been reporting — and this data confirms — a dramatic uptick in enforcement, and with it, mounting concerns about serious rights abuses happening on our streets and in our workplaces.” - Angelina Godoy, UWCHR director

OPB@opb.org · 5mo ago

Federal immigration arrests soared across the Pacific Northwest last year, nearly reaching historic levels, according to new data released Wednesday by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights.