ICE is Here

Update: Saturday 12:30 pm

As of this morning, Mr. Phetsadakone is home with his family. Read more in the West Seattle Blog.

Commenters in the WSEA Blog reported there was a large crowd at the hearing and over 70 people in the “overflow” room.

From the West Seattle Blog

The Sanislo Elementary community is rallying support for a school employee’s husband who is in ICE detention.

Chittakone “Alan” Phetsadakone, originally from Laos, is at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, the online roster confirms. A flyer is circulating to request community presence at his hearing this Friday morning in Seattle:

Sanislo community members plan to carpool to the federal-court building.

According to an online docket, the hearing is related to Phetsadakone seeking a temporary restraining order against the Department of Homeland Security, which includes ICE, and seeking release. We haven’t been able to obtain the court docments yet but w will be asking seeking ICE comment tomorrow about the case.

ADDED THURSDAY: Since we published this story, another family friend has started a crowdfunding page, which has more information on the situation.

Read what you can legally do to slow down an ICE raid on our Resources page.