[1][2] He chose to work as an international human rights lawyer after a visit to the Auschwitz concentration camp and graduated from the Yale Law School.
[1] During his tenure, the organization grew to 130 people in four offices and rose to prominence through their opposition to travel bans enacted by the Trump administration in the late 2010s.
The NWIRP also fought to close the Northwest Detention Center, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Tacoma, Washington, that has had several long hunger strikes by inmates.
[6] Barón announced his campaign for the King County Council seat representing District 4 in May 2023 following the retirement of incumbent Jeanne Kohl-Welles.
His family filed a lawsuit against the Seattle Department of Planning and Development in 2007 for an improper environmental review of the proposed demolition of the Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist near their home due to increased lead exposure.