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Seattle Mayor, Council Seek to Create Immigrant Legal Fund
Seattle Mayor, Council Seek to Create Immigrant Legal Fund
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...
Detained ‘Dreamer’ Declines Bond Hearing for Release
Detained ‘Dreamer’ Declines Bond Hearing for Release
SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle-area man arrested by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally will not have a hearing this week for his possible release. Seattlepi.com reports that attorneys for 23-year-old Daniel Ramirez Medina have declined the hearing because it would have taken place in immigration court...