After a child care worker is detained by ICE, a community is left reeling
Already, the staffing shortage in child care is near crisis levels. It’s far worse for children with disabilities — about a third of those families say they face significant difficulty finding care for their kids, partly because there are too few people with the ability, expertise or desire to work with their children. Immigrant women like Orozco Forero have been helping to fill that void. They now make up 20 percent of all child care workers. Continue reading at Washington State Standard. (Stephanie Wishon)
Disability advocates concerned about destruction of WA state records
In 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, and later in 2024, the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) quietly changed its policy for how those documents are stored, allowing even decisions that disability advocates say have precedential value to be deleted after six years. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Kevin Clark)
Washington’s DOL is sharing information with ICE. Are they using that data to deport people?
In 2018, the Washington state Legislature passed a law that, among other things, prevents state agencies from sharing residents’ personal information with federal officials when it comes to immigration enforcement. It’s part of a range of laws and policies that makes Washington a sanctuary state. A new investigation from KING 5 shows at least one state agency has quietly been sharing that kind of information with some Homeland Security agencies as deportations ramp up. KING 5 investigative reporter Kristin Goodwillie told KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about her reporting. Continue reading at KUOW. (Lindsey Wasson)
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