On the corner of Monroe Street and Maxwell Avenue, two pink tents and plenty of volunteers fill the sidewalk. The banners of tiny Mexican flags are a good clue — this is where you can check in for your appointment with the Mexican consulate.
The consulate is usually in Seattle, but this week, Latinos en Spokane is hosting the agency just north of downtown. Anyone in Eastern Washington can make an appointment much closer to home instead of planning — and paying for — a days-long trip to the western side of the state.
Jennyfer Mesa, Latinos en Spokane’s executive director, said that hundreds of people are coming to get documents that are increasingly important under President Donald Trump’s heightened deportation efforts – passports, voter registrations, and matrículas, which help people get IDs in the U.S…