Ellie Probus, Author at WA Community Alliance Action Fund

January 20, 2021

President Biden’s immigration overhaul involves nearly 250,000 in Washington state

Q13 FOX SEATTLE -- President Joe Biden signed executive orders Wednesday erasing the outgoing Trump administration’s travel ban from mostly Muslim countries. Biden also introduced the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 for…

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January 4, 2021

Changes ahead for Washington state’s political landscape: Redistricting may bring some drama

SEATTLE TIMES -- Washington will neither gain nor lose clout in Congress as the once-a-decade reapportionment of the 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives plays out this…

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October 21, 2020

Relief fund opens for immigrants who miss work from COVID-19

SPOKESMAN REVIEW -- Washington’s COVID-19 Immigrant Relief Fund began taking applications Wednesday for requests from some workers who don’t qualify for other federal stimulus programs. Using $40 million in federal…

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October 14, 2020

Trump moves deadline for census to October 15

SOUTH SEATTLE EMERALD -- As we reported back in September, every ten years, all residents — including citizens and non-citizens from the very youngest babies to oldest elders and including those who…

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September 21, 2020

Controversies and chaos are dogging the 2020 census. Here’s who stands to lose.

SEATTLE TIMES -- It wouldn’t be 2020 if the census went according to plan. The census may seem like a boring, bureaucratic topic, but its impact on our daily lives…

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September 16, 2020

Undercount reveals inequality

DENISSE GUERRERO -- Why are census response rates lower in Central and Eastern Washington? Last week, Republican legislators Honeyford, Warnick, and Short were quoted in the Omak Chronicle, sounding an…

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August 25, 2020

Q&A: Monisha Harrell on the policy aims of the Washington for Black Lives coalition

WASHINGTON STATE WIRE -- On Monday, several Black-led organizations announced the launch of Washington for Black Lives (W4BL), a new coalition that will aim to combat police violence in communities throughout Washington…

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August 17, 2020

Washington tribes working for strong turnout in 2020 US Census

KNKX -- Tribal communities in Washington are stepping up efforts to make sure they’re accurately counted in the 2020 U.S. Census. Tribes are historically the most undercounted group. The reasons…

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July 19, 2020

5 activists on how they’re carrying Rep. John Lewis’s legacy forward

VOX -- John Lewis, a Georgia Congress member and icon of the civil rights movement, died Friday at the age of 80. Throughout his decades-long career, Lewis was known for his…

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