TACOMA, Wash. — For the first time since two members of a firefighting crew were arrested on charges of being in the country illegally, KOMO News is hearing from one of the detainees’ legal teams.
Jordan Cunnings, legal director at Innovation Law Lab, said she and her team were only able to meet with the detained crew member on Monday, more than a week after his arrest.
The legal team revealed that the crew member has lived in the U.S. since he was 4 years old and has been waiting for a “lawful status” application to be approved for the past seven years. The detained individual is currently being held at an ICE processing center in Tacoma, though his identity and age have not been released…