PHOTOS: Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There's a vacant motel next door
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Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There's a vacant motel next door Men sit in the shade of a community tent near a charging station at an encampment of asylum-seekers mostly from Venezuela, Congo and Angola next to an unused motel owned by the county, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Kent, Washington. The group of about 240 asylum-seekers is asking to use the motel as temporary housing while they look for jobs and longer-term accommodations. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There's a vacant motel next door Signs line the front of an encampment of asylum-seekers mostly from Venezuela, Congo and Angola next to an unused motel owned by the county, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Kent, Washington. The group of about 240 asylum-seekers is asking to use the motel as temporary housing while they look for jobs and longer-term accommodations. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There's a vacant motel next door Monique Mupepe, from Congo, helps serve donated food at an encampment of asylum-seekers mostly from Venezuela, Congo and Angola next to an unused motel owned by the county, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Kent, Washington. The group of about 240 asylum-seekers is asking to use the motel as temporary housing while they look for jobs and longer-term accommodations. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There's a vacant motel next door Prisilia Mayingila gives a bottle to seven month-old daughter Victoria Manunga at an encampment of asylum-seekers mostly from Venezuela, Congo and Angola next to an unused motel owned by the county, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Kent, Washington. The group of about 240 asylum-seekers is asking to use the motel as temporary housing while they look for jobs and longer-term accommodations. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There's a vacant motel next door Jose Guerrero, of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, stands near his tent at an encampment of asylum-seekers mostly from Venezuela, Congo and Angola next to an unused motel owned by the county, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Kent, Washington. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There's a vacant motel next door Cellphones sit in a bucket at a makeshift charging station connected to a small generator at an encampment of asylum-seekers next to an unused motel owned by the county, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Kent, Washington. The group of about 240 asylum-seekers is asking to use the motel as temporary housing while they look for jobs and longer-term accommodations. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There's a vacant motel next door Children walk out of a community tent housing supplies and power at an encampment of asylum-seekers mostly from Venezuela, Congo and Angola next to an unused motel owned by the county, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Kent, Washington. The group of about 240 asylum-seekers is asking to use the motel as temporary housing while they look for jobs and longer-term accommodations. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There's a vacant motel next door A child carries another through an encampment of asylum-seekers mostly from Venezuela, Congo and Angola next to an unused motel owned by the county, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Kent, Washington. The group of about 240 asylum-seekers is asking to use the motel as temporary housing while they look for jobs and longer-term accommodations. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There's a vacant motel next door A sign hangs in front of an encampment of asylum-seekers mostly from Venezuela, Congo and Angola next to an unused motel owned by the county, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Kent, Washington. The group of about 240 asylum-seekers is asking to use the motel as temporary housing while they look for jobs and longer-term accommodations. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There's a vacant motel next door Eduardo Afonso, 15, of Angola, sits with sister Miria Rainha next to their tent at an encampment of asylum-seekers mostly from Venezuela, Congo and Angola next to an unused motel owned by the county, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Kent, Washington. The group of about 240 asylum-seekers is asking to use the motel as temporary housing while they look for jobs and longer-term accommodations. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There's a vacant motel next door Eduardo Afonso, 15, and Makiese Alexandria Shabani, 10, both of Angola, sit in the shade of a tent at an encampment of asylum-seekers mostly from Venezuela, Congo and Angola next to an unused motel owned by the county, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Kent, Washington. The group of about 240 asylum-seekers is asking to use the motel as temporary housing while they look for jobs and longer-term accommodations. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
