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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Donald Trump's administration has rescinded its sweeping directive that sought to pause potentially trillions in loans, grants and financial assistance, according to a memo obtained by ABC News: Trump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.
Making things Happen for Economic Development and Outdoor Recreation: Governor Ferguson orders $623K in Strategic Reserve funds to reopen Hoh Rain Forest access
March 13, 2025
Road issues threatened access to iconic Washington rainforest during peak travel season
Governor Bob Ferguson’s statement on the Governor’s Emergency Powers
March 11, 2025
Governor Bob Ferguson’s statement on the Governor’s Emergency Powers
Making Things Happen for Workers: Highway 99 tunnel subcontractor will pay more than $370,000 to underpaid workers
February 25, 2025
Workers on public project were paid at least $18 per hour less than required by law
Employment Security assists federal workers with unemployment claims, job searches amid rise in layoffs
February 21, 2025
With a rise in federal government layoffs, the Employment Security Department is helping affected federal employees apply for unemployment and get back to work
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…
Mar 13 2025
Federal court orders reinstatement of fired probationary federal employees
SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, presided over by Judge William H. Alsup, granted a Preliminary Injunction in a lawsuit joined by Washington against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and its Acting Director, Charles Ezell, finding the termination of probationary federal employees illegal because OPM had no authority to order it.
Mar 13 2025
OLYMPIA — Washington state joined a lawsuit with 20 other states to stop the Trump administration from dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. Washington Attorney General Nick Brown said that Trump’s move is illegal and would destroy a critical federal agency that ensures tens of millions of students receive a quality education and critical resources.
Mar 10 2025
Washington state sues Adams County to stop illegal federal immigration enforcement
SPOKANE — Washington Attorney General Nick Brown said in a lawsuit filed today that the Adams County Sheriff’s Office is illegally collaborating with federal immigration officials and aiding the Trump administration’s efforts to enlist local officials for federal civil immigration work.
Mar 6 2025
Multistate coalition secures court order blocking Trump administration from freezing federal funds
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A federal judge today blocked the Trump administration from abruptly freezing trillions of dollars in federal funds to the states, a move he said had resulted in “catastrophic consequences” across the country, hitting particularly hard on vulnerable populations.
Mar 5 2025
Washington state joins lawsuit over illegal federal employee firings
SAN FRANCISCO – The Washington State Attorney General’s Office today joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and other federal agencies over the administration’s damaging and illegal efforts to fire federal employees en masse.
Feb 26 2025
Washington stands with trans military personnel in multi-state amicus filing
SEATTLE – The president’s discriminatory ban on transgender military service members undermines state and national security, attorneys general in 21 states argued in a brief filed Wednesday in support of personnel who filed suit seeking to overturn the order.
Feb 14 2025
WA judge temporarily halts unconstitutional Trump order targeting gender affirming care for youth
SEATTLE — A federal judge today granted Washington’s request for a temporary restraining order against a presidential order that would end federal funding to medical institutions providing gender-affirming care.
Feb 6 2025
Judge grants injunction in WA suit against unconstitutional birthright citizenship order
SEATTLE — A federal judge today granted Washington state’s request for a preliminary injunction against the president’s unconstitutional birthright citizenship executive order, preventing the federal government from denying birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants.
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: