Protests of Immigration Raids in Ellensburg, Washington

 
Television news in Seattle report that the community in Ellensburg, Washington  community met Friday night to confront authorities on the recent immigration raids that shook up a small central Washington community.  Several community members expressed outrage at the tactics used by federal agents and questioned whether another raid was planned. The Department of Homeland Security that they had arrested 14 people and taken another 16 into custody. Thirteen of the people arrested were charged with visa fraud and government identification fraud, and three of the 13 have also been charged with a false claim to U.S. citizenship, DHS said. The one remaining person of the 14 has been charged with re-entry into the U.S. after deportation, according to DHS.

The Mexican community in Ellensburg expressed special concern over the immigration raid, which is not surprising since it appears that most, if not all, of those arrested were from Mexico. 

KJ