Washington Appleseed works to ensure that immigrants are well served by their communities and afforded the rights and opportunities they need to become full and productive members of American society.
Asking state and local law enforcement to don a second hat as federal immigration officers is poor public policy, according to a recently revised Appleseed report. The report describes troubling legal and political efforts to involve local police in federal immigration matters, which leads to improper enforcement and a diversion of local safety resources.
Helping Immigrant Youth Attend College
As agriculture has grown in Washington State, so too has the fight for basic rights for migrant workers. Beginning in 2003, undocumented immigrant young adults began enrolling in Washington universities at in-state tuition rates. Appleseed offered policy and court rules as examples for other states to follow.