One of Ky Sengdara's sons waits outside a gate at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma on May 4. KUOW Photo / Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez About a dozen people sit on blankets on a stretch of grass outside the barbed-wire fences that surround the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma. They snack on chips and soda and share stories in a mix of Lao and English, talking about how dark their skin gets with the sun, family affairs, and the occasional story that generates some laughs.