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Washington ACLU sues feds after asylum-seeking family was held in windowless cell for 4 weeks

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By Esmy Jimenez
| Oregon Public Broadcasting Verified
A family of six asylum seekers originally from Southwest Africa claims U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials detained them in a windowless cell in Blaine, Wash., for four weeks in 2025. Nii Okaidja / Courtesy of ACLU of Washington The ACLU of Washington, along with 17 other state affiliates, filed a series of claims against federal immigration officials for damages to immigrants — and U.S. citizens — who have faced physical and emotional damage due to recent enforcement efforts.
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WA ACLU sues feds after asylum-seeking family was held in windowless cell for 4 weeks

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By Esmy Jimenez
| KUOW-FM (Seattle, WA) Verified
Published July 30, 2026 at 6:04 PM PDT Courtesy of ACLU of Washington In a local case here in Washington state, a family of six asylum seekers originally from Southwest Africa, claims U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials detained them in a windowless cell in Blaine for four weeks in 2025.
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Washington has blocked over 100,000 federal attempts to access license plate data

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By Esmy Jimenez
| Centralia Chronicle Verified
Washington state leaders say they are protecting the driver information of immigrants from ICE, but immigrant advocates say that data is getting out through other channels, undermining the state’s sanctuary law. Washington prevented federal immigration agencies from accessing Washington driver information 108,170 times since November of last year, according to Gov. Bob Ferguson. That’s when the state started blocking access to the feds.
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