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Yakima Herald-Republic
August 20, 2019

Data: Flying through Yakima to Tacoma equals increased chance of deportation for asylum seekers
By Lex Talamo


The report notes that the city of Yakima can take steps to ensure its fixed-base operator, McCormick Air, complies with requirements that its practices do not disproportionately impact communities of color or violate human trafficking protections in place by the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. The report also questions the public safety benefits ICE says its operations bring to communities, citing data from Syracuse University that close to 30 percent of people arrested by ICE in Washington during fiscal year 2018 had never been convicted of any crime and that others had been convicted of traffic violations or civil immigration charges.


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