September 2019
SIRC condemns Border Patrol’s Racial profiling as “wasting taxpayer resources that would be better spent dealing with the humanitarian disaster on our Southern Border”
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July 2019
SIRC helps family released from detention camps at Southern Border
“Our hope is to raise awareness on the impacts of a broken immigration system, what is happening with asylum seekers, how families are being separated and how there are kids in cages….” said Mesa, who is also on the Spokane Immigrant Rights Coalition steering committee.”
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February 2019
Washington bill would limit state assistance to federal immigration enforcement
Jennyfer Mesa of the Spokane Immigrant Rights Coalition told the Senate Law and Justice Committee that some undocumented residents won’t call police or seek health care for fear of being reported to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
April 2019
Comedian files complaint accusing Border Patrol of racial profiling in Spokane
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February 2019
Border Patrol arrests kept secret
“The immigration courts are secretive, too. They are not part of an independent judiciary, where openness and transparency are sacred principles. They also lack various constitutional safeguards required in criminal trials. Most immigrants appear in immigration court without an attorney.”
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November 2018
Immigration officials continue to operate at Spokane Greyhound bus station despite city ordinance
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October 2018
Spokane council approves rules restricting Border Patrol searches at bus station
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August 2018
Protesters decry Border Patrol activity at Spokane Intermodal Center
“I have had friends – people that I’ve known for a long time – that have been arrested with no criminal record. The only crime they committed was just working without documents,” said Lili Navarrete, whose family immigrated from Mexico when she was a child and later applied for citizenship. “It took us 12 years, and we were lucky,” she said.
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July 2018
“Activists aren't just waving signs; they're banding together to help immigrants at the ground level”
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