Feds fly 110 detained migrants to Washington state, advocacy group says [View all]

More than 100 detained migrants were flown Sunday to Seattle en route to the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, according to an advocacy group that called the number of people on the flight “unprecedented.”

La Resistencia said the group of 110 people came from Phoenix on Sunday and was the largest the organization had seen on such a flight since it began monitoring arrivals and departures in 2023. The biggest flight La Resistencia said it had seen before had 53 people.

The immigrant rights organization reported the people exited the plane at Boeing Field wearing handcuffs and civilian clothing. Their countries of origin were unclear.

La Resistencia’s founder Maru Mora Villalpando said the Sunday flight was odd, as the flights usually arrive at the King County-owned airport on Tuesdays.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/02/03/feds-fly-110-detained-migrants-to-washington-state-advocacy-group-says/