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Council Urges Biden Administration to Ensure All Immigrant Visas are Processed

The Council led a letter urging the Biden administration to ensure that all immigrant visas are processed up to the numerical limits by September 30, 2021 to avoid the loss of visas and further increase to the backlog.

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New Americans in Spokane County

New research from New American Economy underscores the critical role immigrants in Spokane city and county play in the community’s labor force, STEM innovation, and economic vitality. The new report, New Americans in Spokane, was prepared in partnership with the City of Spokane, Greater Spokane Inc, The ZoNE, World Relief Spokane, AHANA, Asian Pacific Islander […]

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Filipino Immigrant Uncovers Asian American History in Spokane

Charity BagatsingPublisher, event organizer and Asian immigrant historian  In 1991, Charity Bagatsing came to Spokane from Manila, Philippines at age 21. “Everything I had to start a new life was in two suitcases,” she says. Yet she persevered in her adopted country, raising four children and developing a career as both a publisher of The […]

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Mexican Immigrant Becomes Community Activist in Spokane

Lupe GutierrezCaregiver and Latino rights advocate When Lupe Gutierrez followed her American husband from Mexico to Spokane in 1991, she was a nervous mother of three with only a sixth-grade education. But the support of two local Americans helped her become a successful and devoted community member. The first was her English as a Second […]

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Council Joins Coalition Letter Expressing Concern Over ICE Family Custody Programs

The Council joined over 120 organizations in a letter to DHS and ICE calling on the Biden administration to move away from using contractors to hold families in ICE custody, and asks the administration to replace the current custody programs with community-based post-release Border Reception and Welcome Centers.

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Federal Judge Strikes Down DACA: What You Need to Know

Nearly a decade after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to provide protections to undocumented immigrants brought here as children, Judge Andrew Hanen of the Southern District of Texas struck down the program on July 16, ordering U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to stop issuing […]

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Congress Must Ensure a Permanent Solution for Dreamers

U.S. Judge Andrew Hanen of the Southern District of Texas ordered the Biden administration to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

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Attorney General Garland Brings Back Administrative Closure for Immigration Judges

Attorney General Merrick Garland vacated Matter of Castro-Tum on July 15, reviving a key tool to help judges prioritize cases in the overburdened immigration court system and allow people facing deportation to pursue all available paths to legal status. In Matter of Cruz-Valdez, the attorney general reversed a decision by prior Attorney General Jeff Sessions. […]

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AG Garland Restores Judges’ Discretion to Manage an Overburdened Docket

Attorney General Merrick Garland today restored immigration judges’ ability to administratively close deportation cases.

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Who Is Ed Gonzalez? Biden’s ICE Nominee Signals Few Changes for the Agency

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may soon have its first Senate-confirmed leader in nearly five years. On July 15, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on the nomination for the head of ICE, Ed Gonzalez, who is currently the Sheriff of Harris County, Texas. Gonzalez’s nomination presents a unique […]

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