By Diane Hettrick
ICE agents were witnessed at Aurora Village on Thursday morning January 15, 2026. A reader in the line at Starbuck's saw two or three cars with agents who were making arrests.
Aurora Village is the home of Home Depot, a traditional place for day workers to line up and wait for customers to pick them up.
Now they are being picked up by ICE.
Agents were also congregating in Mountlake Terrace, near Grocery Outlet and Cinebarre. They arrested three people near Evergreen Washelli Cemetery on Aurora.
The King County Sheriff's Office, which contracts with Shoreline for our police department, said that they have no communication with ICE.
Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN)
Hotline number 1-844-724-3737
Aurora Village is the home of Home Depot, a traditional place for day workers to line up and wait for customers to pick them up.
Now they are being picked up by ICE.
Agents were also congregating in Mountlake Terrace, near Grocery Outlet and Cinebarre. They arrested three people near Evergreen Washelli Cemetery on Aurora.
The King County Sheriff's Office, which contracts with Shoreline for our police department, said that they have no communication with ICE.
"They do not tell us about where they are going or what they are doing."Washington state law is clear. Police are not allowed to assist ICE when it comes to detaining people for immigration enforcement."King County adheres to the Keep Washington Working Act, which limits cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and prohibits county departments, including the King County Sheriff’s Office, from assisting ICE without a court-issued warrants."Additionally, the county council passed an ordinance in 2017, which limits the immigration-related information that county employees can share or collect. It also restricts ICE’s access to this data, and ensures employees aren’t required to share data unless legally necessary."
There are some resources for the community:
Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN)
Hotline number 1-844-724-3737
Email info@waisn.org
If you see or suspect immigration enforcement activity, call, text, or email WAISN as soon as possible so they can begin monitoring the situation. If you are unsure whether something is immigration enforcement, default to reporting it. There are trained teams ready to investigate. You can also share photos or videos.
If you see or suspect immigration enforcement activity, call, text, or email WAISN as soon as possible so they can begin monitoring the situation. If you are unsure whether something is immigration enforcement, default to reporting it. There are trained teams ready to investigate. You can also share photos or videos.
Consider rapid response training
If you are not part of a vulnerable community and have some time, WAISN offers rapid response training and contact with a local team. This is neighbors looking out for neighbors, in real time.
If you are not part of a vulnerable community and have some time, WAISN offers rapid response training and contact with a local team. This is neighbors looking out for neighbors, in real time.
I live in the Echo Lake community. Every week day morning between 8 and 8:15 I enter through the south entrance of Aurora Village, drive past Home Depot, and get in line at Starbucks. I retravel the same route back to 200th on my way to Einstein. It's been at least 5 yrs since migrant workers have stood in front of Home Depot since the owners of the shopping mall made it off limits. Unless the workers have the cloak of invisibility, I'm a skeptic.
ReplyDeleteThe day labor area is now at the north end of the Costco parking lot. It has been there for A few years.
DeleteThank you for contributing this valuable information.
ReplyDeleteDay workers are still in that general area. I see them every time I visits stores in the vicinity. I won’t say specifically where for their own safety, but they are still there trying to build a better life for themselves, just like all of us.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this information.
ReplyDeleteThe workers stand over closer to the B of A now, or at least they did. I saw them all the time.
ReplyDeletePlease keep these reports coming, we need to know!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate this article. Please keep covering stories like this!
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