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Executive Orders
The following executive orders most impact the latino community.
State
EO 25-05, 02/04/2025 - Establishing a data center workgroup
EO 25-04, 01/27/2025- Protecting immigrant families and responding to family separation
EO 25-03, 01/15/2025- Improving Transparency and Building Efficiency in the State’s Permitting and Licensing Processes
EO 25-02, 01/15/2025- Assessing Regulatory Efficiency and Addressing Washington’s Affordable Housing Crisis
EO 25-01, 01/15/2025- Strategic Convening to Protect Access to Reproductive Health Care
Communications & News
Donald Trump's administration has rescinded its sweeping directive that sought to pause potentially trillions in loans, grants and financial assistance, according to a memo obtained by ABC News: Trump administration rescinds funding freeze directive, memo shows
Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship: https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/01/23/judge-grants-was-request-to-block-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order/
Migrants can now be arrested at churches and schools after Trump administration throws out policies
OSPI: Immigrant Students' Rights to Attend Public Schools: https://ospi.k12.wa.us/policy-funding/equity-and-civil-rights/immigrant-students-rights-attend-public-schools
The most recent news from the Office of the Governor. See News Releases to get additional news for the governor.
Governor Bob Ferguson signs Executive Order establishing a data center workgroup
February 4, 2025
Executive Order brings representatives together to evaluate the impact of data centers across Washington
Making Things Happen for Affordable Housing: Gov. Ferguson, Commerce invest $14.6 million to reduce costs for affordable housing developers across Washington
January 30, 2025
Grants for below-ground infrastructure, reimbursements for waived development fees will support 24 projects resulting in 1,800 new affordable units
Gov. Bob Ferguson creates rapid response team to support children facing separation
January 27, 2025
OLYMPIA – Gov. Bob Ferguson created a rapid response team today aimed at reducing harms caused by President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement policies which, if implemented, will destabilize families and harm children who are separated from their deported or detained parents or primary caregivers.
Gov. Bob Ferguson appoints Jesse Jones to lead Results Washington
January 22, 2025
Agency refocuses to center customer service
January 15, 2025
Governor Ferguson signs three executive orders moments after inauguration
Governor Ferguson takes immediate action on key issues: housing, reproductive freedom and permitting reform.
January 09, 2025
Governor-elect Ferguson hosts first listening sessions on Washington State Ferries
Governor-elect Ferguson held his first events focused on the Washington state ferry system. The events in Mukilteo and Clinton included…
January 09, 2025
Gov.-elect Ferguson announces budget priorities, including $4 billion in reduced spending
Washington state faces a projected budget shortfall of more than $12 billion over the next four years. Given the urgency of the budget…
Feb 3 2025
AG Brown, 11 state attorneys general warn federal employees about misleading buyout offer
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of 12 state attorneys general warning federal employees about President Donald Trump’s misleading “deferred resignation” program, which purports to offer federal employees pay through Sept. 30 if they resign by Feb. 6.
Jan 31 2025
ICYMI: Multistate coalition blocks Trump Administration from freezing essential federal funding
OLYMPIA — The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island today granted a request from 22 states, including Washington, for a temporary restraining order halting a White House policy that would block federal agency grants, loans, and other financial assistance programs.
Jan 31 2025
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Nick Brown, with the attorneys general of California, Illinois, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont today issued a joint statement addressing President Trump’s recent executive orders purporting to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) policies and programs – collectively referred to below as “DEIA”
Jan 28 2025
Washington joins multistate suit over federal financial assistance freeze
OLYMPIA — Washington state today joined 21 other states suing the Trump administration over its illegal freeze of broad swaths of federal financial assistance, which directly threatens the health and safety of Washingtonians reliant on a variety of federally funded programs by potentially withholding billions in funds from the state.
Jan 23 2025
OLYMPIA – Attorney General Nick Brown, along with the attorneys general of California, New York, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Rhode Island and Vermont, today issued a joint statement addressing a memorandum from a Trump political appointee at the U.S. Department of Justice addressing state and local involvement in federal immigration enforceme
Jan 21 2025
OLYMPIA — El procurador general Nick Brown anunció hoy que Washington está liderando una demanda federal multiestatal que desafía la orden inconstitucional del presidente Donald Trump que intenta despojar unilateralmente de la ciudadanía a estadounidenses a lo largo de Estados Unidos, incluidos miles de bebés que nacen en Washington cada año.
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Jan 21 2025
AG Brown challenges unconstitutional order on birthright citizenship
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Nick Brown announced today that Washington is leading a multistate federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s unconstitutional order attempting to unilaterally strip citizenship from Americans across the United States, including thousands of babies born in Washington each year.
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Jan 20 2025
Attorney General statement on Trump’s first-day executive orders
SEATTLE — Attorney General Nick Brown released the following statement today in response to executive actions by the White House that could harm Washingtonians: