JUNEAU – The Alaska House Judiciary Committee held a hearing Monday to examine actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the wake of the ICE arrest and deportation of a Soldotna mother and her children last week.
Committee Chair Andrew Gray, an Anchorage Democrat, said lawmakers want to understand ICE officials’ decision to detain and swiftly deport Sonia Espinoza Arriaga and her children after Espinoza Arriaga missed a recent court date in her asylum…