Ferguson launches WA team to help children whose parents are deported
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Monday signed an executive order to create a state team focused on responding to the separation of migrant families as the Trump administration promises mass deportations.
The “Family Separation Rapid Response Team” will be housed in the state Department of Children, Youth and Families. Members will include officials from the governor’s office, the attorney general’s office, the Washington State Patrol and the Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance.
Deportation on the scale Trump has described “means ripping families apart. It means kids losing their parents. It means businesses losing their workers. It means communities being significantly altered,” Ferguson said.
“My administration will do everything we can possibly do to address those significant harms that are caused by those policies,” the Democratic governor said. “That’s making sure that kids who are torn away and separated from their parents have someone to care for them, and they have uninterrupted access to their education.”
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/01/27/ferguson-signs-executive-order-aiming-to-help-children-whose-parents-are-deported/
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