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Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez

Reporter · US

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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez

    WA immigrants continue traditional Barbacoa, despite looming threats of deportation (opens the original)

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    On a recent Saturday on a stretch of land off Highway 2, a small fire came to life in a 4-foot pit at dusk. A dad had just finished butchering two goats and a sheep. He sat with his wife, kids, and friends on park benches. They were taking a rest from the day's efforts. The smell of iron-rich meat, beer, and burning cherrywood lingered in the air. The family waited for the fire to bloom, to add more logs. “It’s a lot of work, and it needs to all burn completely, only leaving behind the pure heat

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez

    WA Kenyan community, health care workers alarmed by uptick in ICE arrests (opens the original)

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    Cece Mokua was in the waiting room of the second floor of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Tukwila on Tuesday morning this week. Around her were others, like her, waiting for their names to be called to make a case to stay in the U.S. Mokua had gone ahead of her husband, who had been delayed getting their child's stroller through the metal detectors downstairs. They had driven five hours from Spokane for the hearing. By the time Mokua’s husband reached the second floor, she was g

  3. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez

    Residents of this rural Washington town want their ‘mayor’ out of ICE detention (opens the original)

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    In a recent photo, Juan Martinez wears jail scrubs in blue, the color nonviolent detainees get at the immigration detention facility in Tacoma. Old photos show his long hair, streaked with gray, pulled back. But these days, his hair is cropped short, tapered close to the head on the sides with curls of gray framing his face. But it's the same face many early morning commuters from Conway, Washington, saw until U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested him in late July outside the gas sta

  4. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez

    ICE flights out of Boeing Field surge, alarming families, immigrants rights' groups (opens the original)

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    Over the past weeks, the number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement flights out of Seattle’s Boeing Field has increased. Their cargo is immigrants, many with long-standing ties to Washington state who are being flown by ICE to different facilities across the country. Since late August nearly 500 people have been flown out of Boeing Field, according to county records. Detainees who spoke to KUOW said they’re often notified a night before a flight is supposed to happen. During the night, commun

  5. Article · Aug 29, 2026 · Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez

    New records detail ICE arrests in WA during summer surge. Yakima, Seattle top the list (opens the original)

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    Immigration arrests across Washington state shot up to a new high over the summer, reflecting a nationwide surge in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The newly published records show which cities in Washington state were the hardest hit. Roughly 700 people were arrested each month in June and July. Just to compare, in just those two months of this year, ICE arrests eclipsed all the recorded arrests during the first seven months of 2025. About 24 people were detained in June and J

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