Five fathers detained by ICE during family camping trip in Washington forest
Sep 5, 2026·Location: Granite Falls, WA
Country of origin: Mexico

Five Mexican men were detained by immigration agents overnight during a Labor Day weekend family camping trip at Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, after U.S. Forest Service rangers approached their campsite over a trash complaint and collected identification from the adults. Families say agents shook their tents around midnight, identified themselves as immigration officers, and took the men one by one while most children were asleep. The men remain in ICE custody at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma pending removal proceedings, and their families say the separation has been especially hard on the children, who now ask by phone when their fathers are coming home.
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