Seattle Chinatown-International District — Neighborhood Street Scene
A pilgrimage linking Japanese American incarceration sites with present-day immigration detention began in Seattle’s International District this week. About 20 people are walking 48 miles over four days to the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, where organizers plan a public rally Saturday. The neighborhood was once home to a thriving Japantown before the war, according to KUOW.
The national advocacy group Tsuru for Solidarity organized the walk. Organizer Emily Yoshioka told KUOW that participants aim to stand with people facing deportation, surveillance and family separation…