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Low, 62. > A17 seattletimes.com/weather Facebook removes Trump ads featuring a Nazi symbol NATION / WORLD > A3 Labor council expels Seattle police union NORTHWEST > A8 By DOMINIC GATES Seattle Times aerospace reporter A Boeing engineer who last year lodged an internal ethics complaint alleging serious short- comings in development of the 737 MAX has written to a U.S. Senate committee asserting that systemic problems with the jet’s design “must be fixed before the 737 MAX is allowed to return to service.” The letter to the Senate, a copy of which was obtained by The Seattle Times, was written by engineer Curtis Ewbank, a 34- year-old specialist in flight-deck systems whose job when the MAX was in early stages of devel- opment involved studying past crashes and using that informa- tion to make new planes safer. His letter, sent this month, argues it’s not enough for Boeing to fix the flawed Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) that’s known to have brought down the aircraft in two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. “I have no doubt the FAA and lawmakers are under consider- able pressure to allow the 737 MAX to return to service as quick- See > 737 MAX, A6 Whistleblower alleges Boeing 737 MAX jet has systemic problems By PAUL ROBERTS Seattle Times business reporter Like many Washington resi- dents caught up in the state’s anti-fraud crackdown, Fabian Paracuelles didn’t think things could get any worse. Since early May, when Parac- uelles’ jobless benefits were sus- pended, the unemployed high- rise window washer from Gra- ham, Pierce County, has been trying to prove to the state Em- ployment Security Department (ESD) that he’s not part of the massive fraud scheme that has siphoned off an estimated $550 million to $650 million. This week, Paracuelles says, he learned that his bank account at Chase, where he’d been receiving his unemployment benefits, had been closed, and that “I can never bank with them again.” Paracuelles says that although bank staff declined to explain why the account was frozen, he read on the teller’s screen that ESD had “put a fraud claim against me.” The result, says the father of four, is money “that’s supposed to pay for bills and whatnot is frozen.” Paracuelles isn’t alone. At least nine people in Washington state say they’ve been locked out of bank accounts, some at Chase, See > FROZEN, A6 Another headache for jobless residents ESD | Benefits halted during fraud probe; now some bank accounts are frozen. By ADAM LIPTAK AND MICHAEL D. SHEAR The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling Thursday, said that the Trump administration may not immediately pro- ceed with its plan to end a program protect- ing nearly 700,000 young immigrants known as Dreamers from deportation, deal- ing a surprising setback to one of President Donald Trump’s central campaign promises. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, joined by the court’s four more liberal members in upholding the See > RULING, A4 DREAMERS | Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority 5-4 opinion, which was a setback for Trump. By NINA SHAPIRO Seattle Times staff reporter A lejandra Pérez was so sure the Su- preme Court was going to allow the Trump administration to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals pro- gram that she and a group of friends planned a “wellness check-in” for the evening so they could process their feelings and heal. Instead, the Kent DACA recipient was stunned to find herself overjoyed by the Thursday morning decision, which held, 5-4, that President Donald Trump did not provide a reasoned explanation when he announced an end to the program three years ago. “I was literally in disbelief,” Pérez said, recalling waking up to a text of a screenshot announcing the decision on the Supreme Court blog. After a series of blows to immi- grants in recent years, she said, “the chances were so small.” The ruling on the Obama-era program, allowing immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to live and work here legally, will affect roughly 16,000 DACA recipients in Washington and 650,000 in the U.S. Jorge Barón, executive director of North- west Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), said he was pleased but cautioned the ruling See > DACA, A4 Washington DACA recipients celebrate Supreme Court ruling KEN LAMBERT / THE SEATTLE TIMES DACA recipient Alejandra Pérez rejoices Thursday in front of her Kent home after being stunned by the Supreme Court ruling on President Donald Trump’s bid to end the program for young immigrants. “I was literally in disbelief,” says Pérez, who moved to the U.S. at age 12. IMMIGRATION | ‘We can breathe a little easier,’ says Seattle woman, one of state’s 16,000 recipients. More inside | Map of Friday’s Freedom March route, marking Seattle Black history > A5 ON THE WEB More Juneteenth events with this story at seattletimes.com killing by Minneapolis police, some Black community organizers see the chance to home in on the message that Black lives matter and get more people involved in the push toward racial justice. “There’s a lot of eyes on Black people right now, and not in the same way there has been historical- ly,” said Holiday, a community organizer with Africatown Commu- nity Land Trust, which works to empower Black residents by foster- See > JUNETEENTH, A5 the Civil War and two years after the Emancipation Proclamation — when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were informed that they were free. The holiday celebrates what Black Americans have accomplished despite systemic inequalities and struggle. This year is no different, even though everything else is. In 2020, Black people are still fighting to be seen as equal under the law. With protests continuing nation- wide in the wake of George Floyd’s By NATACHI ONWUAMAEGBU Special to The Seattle Times In recent days, TraeAnna Holi- day, among others, has been busier than ever, organizing a Juneteenth rally and march in Seattle in just two weeks. Juneteenth, which commemo- rates the end of slavery in the U.S., has been observed by African Amer- icans since the late 1800s as a cele- bration of freedom and resilience. It marks the day — June 19, 1865, about two months after the end of Juneteenth: A commemoration of a still elusive freedom In moment of heightened awareness, Seattle organizers educate, celebrate NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP / TNS Supporters of DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, hold a banner in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. DACA, explained > A4
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Our newsprint contains recycled fiber, and inks are reused.
© 2020 Seattle Times Co.
7 59423 25000 3
FRI
1 R
WINNER OF 11 PULITZER PRIZES
INDEPENDENT AND LOCALLY OWNED FOR MORE THAN 123 YEARS SEATTLETIMES.COM
Friday, June 19, 2020
$1.50
partly sunnyHigh, 77. Low, 62. > A17
seattletimes.com/weather
Facebook removes Trump ads featuring a Nazi symbol NATION / WORLD > A3
Labor council expels Seattle police union NORTHWEST > A8
By Dominic GatesSeattle Times aerospace reporter
A Boeing engineer who last year lodged an internal ethics complaint alleging serious short-comings in development of the 737 MAX has written to a U.S. Senate committee asserting that systemic problems with the jet’s design “must be fixed before the 737 MAX is allowed to return to service.”
The letter to the Senate, a copy of which was obtained by The Seattle Times, was written by engineer Curtis Ewbank, a 34-year-old specialist in flight-deck systems whose job when the MAX was in early stages of devel-opment involved studying past crashes and using that informa-tion to make new planes safer.
His letter, sent this month, argues it’s not enough for Boeing to fix the flawed Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) that’s known to have brought down the aircraft in two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
“I have no doubt the FAA and lawmakers are under consider-able pressure to allow the 737 MAX to return to service as quick-
See > 737 MAX, A6
Whistleblower alleges Boeing 737 MAX jet has systemic problems
By Paul RobertsSeattle Times business reporter
Like many Washington resi-dents caught up in the state’s anti-fraud crackdown, Fabian Paracuelles didn’t think things could get any worse.
Since early May, when Parac-uelles’ jobless benefits were sus-pended, the unemployed high-rise window washer from Gra-ham, Pierce County, has been trying to prove to the state Em-ployment Security Department (ESD) that he’s not part of the massive fraud scheme that has siphoned off an estimated $550 million to $650 million.
This week, Paracuelles says, he learned that his bank account at Chase, where he’d been receiving his unemployment benefits, had been closed, and that “I can never bank with them again.”
Paracuelles says that although bank staff declined to explain why the account was frozen, he read on the teller’s screen that ESD had “put a fraud claim against me.” The result, says the father of four, is money “that’s supposed to pay for bills and whatnot is frozen.”
Paracuelles isn’t alone. At least nine people in Washington state say they’ve been locked out of bank accounts, some at Chase,
See > Frozen, A6
Another headache for jobless residentsESD | Benefits halted during fraud probe; now some bank accounts are frozen.
By Adam Liptak and Michael D. ShearThe New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling Thursday, said that the Trump administration may not immediately pro-ceed with its plan to end a program protect-ing nearly 700,000 young immigrants known as Dreamers from deportation, deal-
ing a surprising setback to one of President Donald Trump’s central campaign promises.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, joined by the court’s four more liberal members in upholding the
See > Ruling, A4
Dreamers | Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority 5-4 opinion, which was a setback for Trump.
By Nina ShapiroSeattle Times staff reporter
Alejandra Pérez was so sure the Su-preme Court was going to allow the Trump administration to end the
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals pro-gram that she and a group of friends planned a “wellness check-in” for the evening so they could process their feelings and heal.
Instead, the Kent DACA recipient was stunned to find herself overjoyed by the Thursday morning decision, which held, 5-4, that President Donald Trump did not provide a reasoned explanation when he announced an end to the program three years ago.
“I was literally in disbelief,” Pérez said, recalling waking up to a text of a screenshot announcing the decision on the Supreme Court blog. After a series of blows to immi-grants in recent years, she said, “the chances were so small.”
The ruling on the Obama-era program, allowing immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to live and work here legally, will affect roughly 16,000 DACA recipients in Washington and 650,000 in the U.S.
Jorge Barón, executive director of North-west Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), said he was pleased but cautioned the ruling
See > DACA, A4
Washington DACA recipients celebrate Supreme Court ruling
K e n L a m b e r t / T h e S e a t t l e T i m e s
DACA recipient Alejandra Pérez rejoices Thursday in front of her Kent home after being stunned by the Supreme Court ruling on President Donald Trump’s bid to end the program for young immigrants. “I was literally in disbelief,” says Pérez, who moved to the U.S. at age 12.
immigration | ‘We can breathe a little easier,’ says Seattle woman, one of state’s 16,000 recipients.
More inside |Map of Friday’s Freedom March route, marking Seattle Black history > A5
On The WebMore Juneteenth events with this story atseattletimes.com
killing by Minneapolis police, some Black community organizers see the chance to home in on the message that Black lives matter and get more people involved in the push toward racial justice.
“There’s a lot of eyes on Black people right now, and not in the same way there has been historical-ly,” said Holiday, a community organizer with Africatown Commu-nity Land Trust, which works to empower Black residents by foster-
See > Juneteenth, A5
the Civil War and two years after the Emancipation Proclamation — when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were informed that they were free.
The holiday celebrates what Black Americans have accomplished despite systemic inequalities and struggle. This year is no different, even though everything else is. In 2020, Black people are still fighting to be seen as equal under the law.
With protests continuing nation-wide in the wake of George Floyd’s
By Natachi OnwuamaegbuSpecial to The Seattle Times
In recent days, TraeAnna Holi-day, among others, has been busier than ever, organizing a Juneteenth rally and march in Seattle in just two weeks.
Juneteenth, which commemo-rates the end of slavery in the U.S., has been observed by African Amer-icans since the late 1800s as a cele-bration of freedom and resilience. It marks the day — June 19, 1865, about two months after the end of
Juneteenth: A commemoration of a still elusive freedom In moment of heightened awareness, Seattle organizers educate, celebrate
N I C H O L A S K A M M / A F P / T N S
Supporters of DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, hold a banner in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
DACA, explained > A4
