The move, attributed to the loss of federal funding for public media, marks the layoffs of 17 staffers and the creation of three new positions.

Javier Sanchez Mendoza Jr. helped Sofi secure an H-2A visa, promising a job on a Georgia blueberry farm. When she arrived, she was not sent out to work in the fields like the others. She was forced to live at his house and sign a marriage license.

hello! we’re hosting a screening of our documentary “priced out” this coming tuesday at the university place library! followed by a Q+A session with me and documentary host jaelynn grisso. use the link below to rsvp. admission is free! www.cascadepbs.org/news/briefs/...

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Immigration court is and can be complex. To help you make sense of the system, Cascade PBS spoke with immigration attorneys and advocates in Washington to answer questions regarding recent federal changes and our region’s unique challenges.

WA looks to resume ICE center inspections after federal ruling. The private company that runs the detention center also dropped its lawsuit involving Cascade PBS after the state provided redacted inspection photos. By @farahe.bsky.social: www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio...

come catch me at @aajaofficial.bsky.social this thursday! i’ll be speaking at the “immigration in the second trump term” panel alongside emily kwong from npr, april xu from documented and arelis hernández from the washington post!

NOW: DHS police are at the Seattle Federal Building, warning dozens of protesters who are trying to disrupt ICE from detaining immigrants after their court hearings to disperse.

"You just never have a chance to breathe. And now we do.” A new cap on rent increases marks a victory for mobile homeowners — and some landlords have already steeply hiked rates in anticipation. By @farahe.bsky.social: www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio...

A new law signed by Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson today aims to conduct state inspections of private detention facilities, including the ICE detention center in Tacoma. www.axios.com/local/seattl... #waleg

NEW: Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino, a farmworker and union organizer whose March arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement drew national outcry, will remain in detention after a judge announced Friday that she lacked jurisdiction to release him on bond.

longtime farmworker and labor activist, Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino, has been denied release from ICE detention on bond. more here, for @cascadepbs.bsky.social: www.cascadepbs.org/briefs/2025/...

INBOX: The bond hearing for Lelo Juarez, the farmworker organizer who was arrested by ICE on March 25, will be held tomorrow at 8:30 am. Supporters plan to hold a rally outside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, where he is being incarcerated, according to @foodjusticec2c.bsky.social.

Aidan Perkinson finally got the call. He was inside an RV parked outside Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, waiting alongside local volunteers. The group, Advocates for Immigrants in Detention Northwest (AIDNW), provides reentry assistance to those released. “Three releases today,” he said.

Community organizers from Tacoma to Spokane have worked to backfill service gaps and monitor detainee treatment in response to increased immigration enforcement. By @farahe.bsky.social: www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio...

“They weren’t targeted”

This ULP brings us one step closer to striking. Time is running out for a #FairContractNow, @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social. You can join our fight by signing our petition today. actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...

🚨Unfair labor practice alert🚨 Over the weekend the union filed a ULP complaint against @cascadepbs.bsky.social for preventing us from passing out union literature in non-work spaces, which is a protected activity under the National Labor Relations Act. (1/4)

Update: Hamdan Ballal has been released from IDF custody

GEO Group, the private company that runs the ICE detention center in Tacoma, tried taking Cascade PBS to court to block our access to photos from a records request we filed, only to accidentally disclose them in a court doc from me + @lizzgiordano.bsky.social: www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio...

Tacoma ICE detention co. sues to block inspection records release. They allege WA state inspected the facility improperly and photos requested by media could pose security risks. (By @farahe.bsky.social & @lizzgiordano.bsky.social @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social) www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio...

Always, Always....Always click the link. In an effort to keep records secret the company running the Northwest ICE Processing Center in WA accidentally makes the records publicly accessible #ICE t.co/3w2QhbvnXl

Durante los últimos dos años, organizaciones religiosas y humanitarias han proporcionado alimento y ayuda a los migrantes en un campamento cerca de Sasabe. Justo antes de que Donald Trump asumiera el cargo, los voluntarios fueron instruidos a desalojar tierras federales. Con @propublica.org

This year, the Cascade PBS Investigations team published a documentary highlighting its years-worth coverage of mobile home park tenant organizations and associations who have pushed back against management practices.

The Attorney General’s office announced its investigation in October 2023 following an increased number of complaints alleging rapid rent hikes, maintenance changes & excessive fees. In August 2023, Cascade PBS launched a series of stories on alleged “economic eviction” throughout Hurst & Son parks.

The Washington Attorney General’s Office has announced $5.5 million in refunds to Hurst & Son LLC tenants following the agency’s 2023 investigation into the Port Orchard-based mobile home management company. It marks the largest reimbursement in the history of the dispute resolution program.

Farmworkers rally in Olympia amid federal court battle over wages. Familias Unidas por la Justicia, a WA migrant workers’ union, is involved in an ongoing lawsuit with the Department of Labor over a shift to hourly pay. www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio...

The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, a Seattle-based human rights group, filed a lawsuit against U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in federal court on Tuesday, alleging violations of the Freedom of Information Act. www.cascadepbs.org/briefs/2025/...

Migrant brush pickers face risks, few protections in WA woods. A work van crash and subsequent $1.8M in court-ordered back wages and damages cast a spotlight on the decorative forest products industry. By @farahe.bsky.social: www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio...

learn how a 2022 work van crash helped cast a spotlight on exploitative practices within Washington’s decorative forest products industry, a field which heavily relies on labor from Central American immigrants. my latest: www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio...

"So many people are economically evicted simply because the landlord can raise their rent as much as they want." www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio... via @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social #urbanism #urbanism+

Now, for the fun part — our reporting! The new Cascade PBS documentary "Priced Out: Fear and resistance in WA mobile home parks" explores how one ownership group has bought up communities statewide and raised rents, straining low-income residents. Watch here or stream on the Cascade PBS app.