The large-scale arrests that began in May have unleashed fear among asylum-seekers and immigrants accustomed to remaining free while their cases are adjudicated.
SEATTLE — A transgender woman who says she was raped by Mexican cartel members told an immigration judge in Oregon that she wanted her asylum case to continue. A Venezuelan man bluntly told a judge in Seattle, “They will kill me if I go back to my country.” A man and his cousin said they feared for their lives should they return to Haiti.
Protesters block entryways at Seattle immigration court to oppose ICE
Many asylum-seekers, like these three, dutifully appeared
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