Seattle Times | Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks: “WA ICE facility, rife with abuses, now under lower standards, UW report shows” cites UWCHR’s research on human rights conditions at the Northwest ICE Processing Center. Read the full article →

On March 18, 2026, Professor Angel Gabriel Cabrera Silva, University of Washington Center for Human Rights faculty associate and Assistant Professor of International Law at the University of Washington Tacoma, appeared before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to argue in favor of recognizing democracy as a human right with political, social, and economic dimensions.

Latino Herald | Marines Scaramazza: “Condado Yakima registró el mayor aumento de operativos migratorios en WA” cites UWCHR’s research on immigration enforcement trends in the Pacific Northwest. Read the full article →

At a time when immigration enforcement is both more visible and more secretive than ever before, UWCHR is publishing a new dataset released to us as part of settlement negotiations in ongoing FOIA litigation against DHS. This data, drawn from I-213 forms[1] produced by ICE during 2022 through 2025 in the agency’s Seattle Area of

Executive summary Today, immigrant Washingtonians are increasingly afraid to drive, as our streets, highways, and public thoroughfares have become frequent sites for immigration enforcement. These incidents, in which drivers are typically apprehended by masked, unidentified agents driving unmarked vehicles, raise multiple human rights concerns: many arrests appear to have been warrantless,[1] some have been violent,[2]

Range Media, The POD Podcast: “Diving Back Into Flock” features UWCHR’s Phil Neff speaking to research on Flock surveillance systems exposing Washington state data to immigration enforcement agencies. Listen to the podcast episode →

404 Media | Jason Koebler: “Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone” cites UWCHR’s research on Flock surveillance systems exposing Washington state data to immigration enforcement agencies. Read the full article →

NPR | Martin Kaste: “Some sanctuary states discover feds mining local license plate data” cites UWCHR’s research on Flock surveillance systems exposing Washington state data to immigration enforcement agencies. Read the full article →

Summary Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks have become increasingly common in Washington state. Records obtained by UWCHR researchers via public records requests reveal that at least eight Washington state law enforcement agencies enabled direct, 1:1 sharing of their networks with U.S. Border Patrol at some point during 2025; effectively opening the “front

KUOW | Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez: “Under Trump’s ICE, people without criminal history increasingly targeted in WA” cites UWCHR’s research and analysis of immigration enforcement trends. Read the full article →