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Morning Wire: Impacts of protests, Phil Gardner, Immigration and economics

Scientists announced this morning they found patterns among signals or noise emanating from deep space. Last week, scientists announced an asteroid the size of a stadium heading Earth’s direction....Read More

New data on immigrants in the state of Washington: A demographic and economic profile

The American Immigration Council released new data on Washington state’s immigrant population and their contributions to the state. The Washington state fact sheet includes data on population...Read More

House passes bill to protect immigrant workers

Washington’s House passed a bill (SB 5497) aimed at protecting immigrants in Washington off the floor Friday in a 57-38 vote....Read More

Court speeds up family separation lawsuit

U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman today granted Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s request to fast-track the multistate lawsuit filed last month against the Trump...Read More

Cantwell, Senate Democrats call for Judiciary Committee Hearing on family separation

Cantwell and eight colleagues sent a letter calling for an oversight hearing on the Trump Administration’s inability to reunite immigrant children with their families....Read More

Three surprising points on family separation you may have missed

Since the June 21st executive order and Washington’s lawsuit filed June 26th, the uproar over the government’s family separation is slowly calming down, yet the situation...Read More

Separated children face uncertain future

A conversation with Janet Gwilym, Managing Attorney of the Seattle office of Kids In Need of Defense (KIND) Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) provides...Read More

Youth care organizations work to help heal separated immigrant children in Washington

"We do a lot of child welfare work and the impact of being separated from your family is profound. And often times it is a...Read More

Key arguments in Washington’s recently filed family separation lawsuit

On Tuesday Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed Washington’s latest lawsuit against the Trump administration in Federal District court in Western Washington. With the lawsuit, announced last week...Read More

Washington lawmakers react to travel ban decision

In a close, 5-4 decision, this morning the US Supreme Court upheld the September 2017 version of President Trump’s travel ban. The ban restricts immigration...Read More