U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say a hunger strike to protest conditions at the 1,500-bed Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma has mostly abated. The Seattle Times reports all but one of the original protesters resumed eating regular meals as of Friday after a strike that began Monday...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys have filed a petition that seeks the release of an Afghan family of five detained by immigration officials when they arrived at Los Angeles International Airport. Lawyers say the mother and father and their three children landed at LAX on Thursday for a connecting flight to Seattle, where they planned to resettle...

SPOKANE  (AP) — Fliers encouraging people to report "illegal aliens" to immigration authorities were found on the Washington State University campus in Pullman. The Spokesman-Review reports the fliers found Tuesday were similar to those found Monday at the University of Texas...

SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle-area man who was brought to the U.S. illegally as a child but was protected from deportation under a policy by President Barack Obama is suing the federal government over his arrest and detention last week. U.S...

SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities say an ex-Mexican police officer who was wanted for murder has been captured in southern Washington. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said in a news release that 64-year-old Humberto Bautista-Sanchez was turned over to Mexican law enforcement authorities Wednesday...

SEATTLE (AP) — An immigrant rights organization is suing on behalf of more than 80 detainees at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, saying they've been improperly denied bail hearings pending determinations on whether they should be granted asylum...