Thousands in Washington state in ‘limbo’ with halt to DACA applications
[Daniela] Reyes is among the tens of thousands of DACA applicants caught in a backlog of cases after U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen barred the federal government from approving new applications. The ruling has highlighted the transient nature of the protections afforded by DACA and has strengthened calls for comprehensive immigration reform that includes immigrants beyond those eligible for the program. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Alan Berner)
Opinion: In WA, incarcerated students are ‘left behind and left out’
Issaquah schools are among the best in Washington state. Ninety-six percent of students graduate on time, and more than 75% demonstrate solid math and language skills — results that far outstrip Seattle, and even Bellevue. Issaquah’s kids are clearly set up to succeed. But one school in the district languishes at the bottom of the pile, rating 2,044th out of 2,052 schools statewide. Continue reading at Crosscut.
State Rep. My-Linh Thai, herself a refugee, on the future for Afghans seeking shelter here
For state Rep. My-Linh Thai, the recent images and sounds from Afghanistan have hit close to home. “I turned on the news and I turned off the news, and I turned the news back on and I turned it back off,” she said. “It was hard, very hard.” Thai, D-Bellevue, is a refugee. She was a child during the Vietnam War, living in a small community on the Mekong River Delta. Continue reading at KNKX. (Steve Ringman)
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