In lieu of their postponed vigil, they urge those interested to sign a petition to stop ICE from keeping people in detention in the midst of this pandemic:
Training Court Watchers for Flood of Eviction Cases
Elizabeth Maupin of Issaquah/Sammamish Interfaith Coalition writes:
I have been in touch with the Seattle University Law School and the Housing Justice Project about training and placing court watchers in the King County eviction courts. Once the moratorium ends there will likely be a tsunami of eviction cases. Volunteer court watchers who sit in a courtroom and take notes not only provide us with data on racial bias and discrimination, but actually impact outcomes merely by being there. Experience has shown that judges, prosecutors, and attorneys who know that they are being watched and will be held accountable are more likely to take care to operate fairly and to follow reforms designed to improve our justice system. Housing Justice Project will provide training and volunteers will probably serve for half a day once a month. Background checks will be required.
Let us know if you are interested by contacting Karla Davis (karlad@kcba.org)and we will get you updates on this as the project moves forward.
WA to create $40M fund for undocumented workers hurt by pandemic
Undocumented workers who lost income because of the coronavirus pandemic, but were passed over for federal assistance, will finally be getting some help in Washington state, thanks to a new $40 million relief fund.
Gov. Jay Inlsee is setting up the new financial assistance program with cooperation from a broad coalition of immigrant rights organizations, including OneAmerica, the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network and the Washington Dream Coalition.
Kumeyaay band seeks federal injunction to halt construction of border wall
A band of the Kumeyaay Nation whose native land spans both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border filed a federal lawsuit this week against the Trump administration seeking an injunction to stop further construction of the border wall through sacred, ancient burial lands.
Human remains have been disrupted and unearthed by recent pre-construction blasting at the border, according to the lawsuit and the Kumeyaay Heritage Preservation Council.
U.S. immigration and citizenship applications will be more costly. Here are the new fees
Come Oct. 2, immigrants and foreign nationals in the United States will have to pay substantially more in fees to apply for many immigration and naturalization benefit requests.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published this week a final rule in the Federal Register that details the new cost for dozens of immigration and naturalization applications, including an unprecedented $50 fee for asylum-seekers.
In addition to increasing the fees by a weighted average of 20 percent, the new regulation, “also removes certain fee exemptions, changes fee waiver requirements, alters premium processing time limits, and modifies intercountry adoption processing,” the Department of Homeland Security agency said.
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