Firefighters held in ICE detention camp as massive Washington fire ravages forests [View all]

By Evan Williams

Tacoma, Washington - Two firefighters are being held in an ICE detention camp while a 9000-acre fire rages through the Olympic National Forest.

Democratic Congresswoman Emily Randall said that two firefighters were arrested by ICE while responding to a wildfire in her district and are being kept in a local detention center even as the fire in Washington state rages on.

Randall told Reuters that she made an unannounced visit to the facility and was denied access, but officials confirmed to her that two firefighters had indeed been detained by ICE.

Their identities haven't been revealed, and Randall said that she was unable to provide any information ...

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