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A 'perfect' season for Washington's sweet cherries turns sour because of deportation fears

It was supposed to be a banner year for Pacific Northwest cherries. Cherry production is estimated to be about 10% above last year’s, the fruit is high quality, and California’s shorter-than-usual season meant cherry pickers would be free to migrate north to bring in the crop. The only problem? They never showed up.
- Monica Nickelsburg
Mysterious notice tells immigrants to check in at Seattle-area federal building. Several get detained
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Protest Trump but do so peacefully, Washington state officials warn

Washington state officials urged people to raise their voices in a planned day of protest Saturday against the policies of President Donald Trump, but urged protesters to avoid violence and deprive Trump of any excuse for intervening as he did in LA.
- Amy Radil
ICE deportations leave empty seats at graduation ceremonies in Washington state

More than 140,000 people were deported from the U.S. in President Donald Trump’s first three months in office. Many of those people left behind teenagers who are now graduating from high school without their parents in the audience to cheer them on and celebrate their accomplishment.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Mayor Harrell says Seattle's FIFA countdown clock sends a political message

Seattle started its official countdown Wednesday, marking one year until it hosts the FIFA World Cup.
- Joshua McNichols
Washington state exploring options to fight Trump's travel ban

Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown said his office is taking a careful look at the Trump administration’s new travel ban and considering whether the state has a legal basis to challenge it.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Seattle protesters block ICE vans from leaving immigration court

On Tuesday morning, about 40 people gathered at the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in downtown Seattle, which houses a federal immigration court. Some clashed with police in an attempt to block vehicle access to the building with electric bikes and scooters.
- Scott Greenstone
Trump's birthright citizenship order lands in Seattle appeals court

Federal appeals court judges in Seattle on Wednesday questioned a Trump administration lawyer and Washington’s solicitor general over the president’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship.
- Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
Filipina green card holder and UW worker released from Tacoma ICE center

After nearly three months in immigration detention, University of Washington employee Lewelyn Dixon was released Thursday to the cheers and hugs of family, co-workers, and a crowd of supporters gathered in Tacoma.
- Liz Jones
ICE arrests 17 in raid at Kent specialty beverage company

Federal immigration agents arrested 17 people Tuesday in a raid at a specialty beverage manufacturer in Kent.
- Liz Jones

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