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A group of women known as The Soup Ladies, beloved across the Pacific Northwest for their selfless service to first responders, are now facing harassment after serving meals to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers at the Portland federal facility.
The nonprofit, featured on NBC News in 2020 for its humanitarian work during natural disasters, has spent more than two decades feeding police, firefighters, and search and rescue teams in some of the most grueling conditions imaginable. Founded by Ginger Passarelli in the early 2000s and galvanized by her volunteer work during Hurricane Katrina, the Washington-based nonprofit The Soup Ladies is composed of devoted volunteers who give
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