refugees

A federal judge said he would decide on Trump administration ban before Christmas whether to stop a on refugees.

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle's mayor and two council members plan to create a $1 million legal defense fund to help immigrants and refugees. Mayor Ed Murray and council members Lorena González and Tim Burgess said Thursday that the fund would support Seattle residents and workers with limited financial resources who are facing civil proceedings in immigration court...

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge in Greenbelt, Maryland, has blocked President Donald Trump's revised travel ban targeting six predominantly Muslim countries. Judge Theodore Chuang ruled Thursday in a case brought near the nation's capital by the ACLU and other groups representing immigrants, refugees and their families...

Yakima Bishop Joseph Tyson says while he understands the intent of the presidents travel restriction from 7 different countries he believes the entire situation could have been handled differently to better help people around the country and the world better understand it's about security and not about banning Muslims...

Washington State is the first state in the nation to sue the Trump Administration over it's executive order restricting refugees from seven countries for 120 days. The order has resulted in protests around the country and a lot of talk at the water cooler...