Venice Buhain

Venice Buhain is an online and print journalist whose work has appeared on TVW News, AOL/Patch, The Olympian and other news organizations. She is also the former Editorial Director at The Seattle Globalist. Venice has covered diversity, education, local news and politics. She also is a past Seattle chapter president of the Asian American Journalists Association.
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Facebook signs pact with Washington state to end discriminatory ad practices

by Venice Buhain
Before Facebook began changing its third-party advertising platform, advertisers had been allowed to exclude users based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion and other categories.
Jul 25, 2018

Burien mayor says attacker referenced city’s sanctuary policies

by Venice Buhain
Burien police say an assault on Mayor Jimmy Matta during the Olde Burien Block Party is being investigated as a possible hate crime, because the suspect mentioned the mayor's ethnicity.
Jul 23, 2018

Three asylum seekers file class action lawsuit to reunite with children

by Venice Buhain
The families, who are from Honduras and El Salvador, will ask the court for permission to represent all parents in Washington state who are separated from their children.
Jun 25, 2018

Inslee announces $1.2M immigration legal grant, as Trump signs reversal on family separation

by Venice Buhain
The announcement came as Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that stops the practice of separating families who enter the country without documentation as parents await asylum or immigration proceedings.
Jun 21, 2018

Seattle groups raise questions after police chief finalists exclude Carmen Best

by Venice Buhain
Interim Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best, the city's first African-American woman to serve as police chief, was left off the final list of candidates for the permanent position.
May 30, 2018

Federal officials target King County over “sanctuary” policies

by Venice Buhain
Department of Justice threatens to withhold grant funds unless King County shows it is not keeping information away from federal immigration authorities.
Jan 24, 2018

Burien council candidates supportive of “sanctuary” policies gain lead

by Venice Buhain
A political battle over Burien's “sanctuary” law heavily influenced its city council campaigns and the candidates supporting the law made late gains.
Nov 10, 2017

Jenny Durkan wins Seattle mayoral race

by Venice Buhain
The status of other local races appeared to hold as votes were counted on Wednesday.
Nov 8, 2017

González, Mosqueda take huge leads for Seattle council seats; Durkan ahead for mayor

by Venice Buhain
Supporters of González and Mosqueda also lauded the increased influence of people of color — especially women of color — in local politics.
Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement arresting suspects during a 2010 raid. More people have been deported under Obama than any previous president. (Photo from ICE)

33 arrested in Seattle in immigration sweep focused on “sanctuary” cities

by Venice Buhain
ICE's Operation "Safe City" took place in Seattle, Massachusetts and other places that have clashed with the Trump administration over deportation policies.
Sep 29, 2017

Donor covers $125,000 in DACA fees for Washington residents

by Venice Buhain
A private donation will cover the $495 renewal fee for up to 250 Washington residents in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Sep 25, 2017
Outside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, where immigrants facing deportation are incarcerated, and immigration cases are heard by the Justice Department's Executive Office of Immigration Review. (Photo by Damme Getachew)

Northwest Detention Center sued by state over $1-a-day wage

by Venice Buhain
The suit says GEO Group violated state minimum wage laws, after it paid Northwest Detention Center immigrant detainees $1 a day.
Sep 20, 2017

Judge blocks Burien ballot measure to repeal “sanctuary” policies

by Venice Buhain
The question of whether to repeal Burien's policies prohibiting officials from asking about immigration status or religion will not be on November's ballot.
Sep 18, 2017

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray to resign after fifth allegation of sex abuse surfaces

by Venice Buhain
The accusers say that they were teenagers when the alleged abuse occurred in the 1970s and 1980s. Murray maintains that the allegations are not true.
Sep 12, 2017

Hundreds in Seattle rally in support of DACA

by Venice Buhain
Hundreds gathered at El Centro de la Raza in Seattle hours after the Trump administration announced the pending end of DACA.
Sep 6, 2017

Trump ends DACA

by Venice Buhain
The program allowed young people who arrived in the United States as children without documentation to live and work without fearing deportation.
Sep 5, 2017

Pacific Northwest tribes concerned over Atlantic salmon spill

by Venice Buhain
The Lummi Nation called a state of emergency, and other tribes expressed concern, after a spill of thousands of farmed Atlantic salmon last week.
Aug 29, 2017

The Seattle Globalist — and you — ask the candidates

by Venice Buhain
Submit your questions for the candidates for the Seattle mayor's race, and the races for Seattle city council.
Aug 24, 2017

The Seattle Globalist asks the Mayoral Candidates

by Venice Buhain
For the 2017 primary, we asked Seattle's Mayoral Candidates to answer six questions on topics of interest to Seattle Globalist readers.
Jul 12, 2017

Three victims stabbed in Portland called heroes after defending teens from hate

by Venice Buhain
Two men died and a third was injured after confronting a man yelling hateful slurs at two teenagers on a train, witnesses said.
May 30, 2017