Washington State Standard | Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero: “Push for inspections at Tacoma immigration detention center reemerges in WA Legislature” cites UWCHR’s monitoring of conditions at the Northwest Detention Center. Read the full article →  

Seattle Times | Lauren Girgis: “Most WA law enforcement agencies say they won’t work with ICE” cites UWCHR’s work to monitor implementation of and compliance with state laws protecting immigrant rights. Read the full article →  

Seattle Times | Nina Shapiro: “What to know about immigration in WA as Trump issues executive orders” cites UWCHR’s work to monitor implementation of and compliance with state laws protecting immigrant rights. Read the full article →  

For almost 35 years, different generations of UW students have come together to examine human rights policy at the national and international levels, exploring policy-making processes in Washington, D.C., and formulating individual human rights projects. The UW Bothell Washington, D.C. Human Rights Seminar is a unique experience allowing selected students to spend a week in

KREM 2 News | Emmalee Appel: “Lawsuit filed against Adams County for alleged unlawful immigration arrest” cites UWCHR’s work to monitor implementation of and compliance with state laws protecting immigrant rights. Read the full article →  

Cascade Public Media | Jaelynn Grisso: “Officials inspect Tacoma ICE detention center after legal battle”cites UWCHR’s monitoring of conditions at the Northwest Detention Center. Read the full article →

Cascade Public Media | Brandon Block: “How did Washington spend $6.5B in federal pandemic aid?” cites UWCHR’s research into the potential threats of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) to immigrant and reproductive rights in Washington state.   Read the full article →

My Northwest News | Matt Markovich: “Court protects Boeing Field ICE flights; observers fear Trump administration will add more” cites UWCHR’s monitoring of conditions at the Northwest Detention Center. Read the full article →  

Center’s seventh FOIA lawsuit would compel proactive release of three key types of documents on a quarterly basis On November 13, 2024, the University of Washington Center for Human Rights (UWCHR) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), seeking to require

Letter from the Director Dear Friends, I’d like to think of this annual report as something like a time capsule. It recounts the activities our Center for Human Rights conducted in our fifteenth year. Having helmed our center since those early days when our existence was a bit more, shall we say, aspirational than actual,