Hundreds protest ICE raids at Boeing Field
Jan 15, 2026, 10:47 AM | Updated: 1:24 pm
Hundreds of protesters have gathered to protest ICE and the deportation flights that take place at Boeing Field. (Photo: James Lynch, KIRO Newsradio)
(Photo: James Lynch, KIRO Newsradio)
A protest rallying against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and crackdowns took place at the King County International Airport — Boeing Field.
Hundreds of protesters gathered to protest ICE and the deportation flights that take place at the King County International Airport. Many are carrying signs and chanting.
The event was sponsored by La Resistencia, a group that has also called for the closure of the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. The participants, many of whom are just parents or grandparents, claimed the time to resist a “tyrannical government” is now.
“We can’t just have a protest every few months,” Cynthia Wetsell, a grandmother at the protest, told KIRO Newsradio. “This has happened in other countries where they have actually forced governments out. We can’t wait for the elections.”
The group started at the King County Airport parking lot before moving to line up on Airport Way — a more visible location.
“I think that family separation is state violence,” Mickey Rowe told KIRO Newsradio. “They’re not following any checks or balances or giving people due process, and we need to start calling it violence, because that’s what it is.”
According to La Resistencia, other protests are already in the works.
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