Months of deportation fears have shaken Northwest Latino cultural events ahead of Hispanic Heritage Month

By Adia White (OPB), Holly Bartholomew (OPB, Report for America), Kathryn Styer Martínez (OPB), Freddy Monares (KNXK) and Monica Carrillo-Casas (Spokane Public Radio)

Sept. 12, 2025 5:15 p.m.

“We can’t celebrate when we know that our kids are being left without parents,” says Latinos en Spokane executive director Jennyfer Mesa.