{"id":2396009,"date":"2025-01-28T09:41:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-ferguson-signs-executive-order-in-anticipation-of-illegal-alien-deportations-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T09:44:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:44:50","slug":"gov-ferguson-signs-executive-order-in-anticipation-of-illegal-alien-deportations-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-ferguson-signs-executive-order-in-anticipation-of-illegal-alien-deportations-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Ferguson signs executive order in anticipation of illegal alien deportations &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgov-ferguson-signs-executive-order-in-anticipation-of-illegal-alien-deportations-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2396009&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>washington State Governor Bob Ferguson has signed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-ca-gov-overstepped-his-authority-with-covid-order-issues-permanent-injunction-restraining-newsom-from-further-issuing-unconstitutional-orders\/\" title=\"Judge Rules CA Gov Overstepped His Authority with Covid Order, Issues Permanent Injunction Restraining Newsom From Further Issuing Unconstitutional Orders\">executive order<\/a> in anticipation of mass deportations of illegal immigrants under newly-elected \u2064President Donald \u2063Trump. The \u200corder\u200c aims to prepare services for children \u200cwho may \u200cbe affected by these deportations, emphasizing \u2063the \u2063need to mitigate the impact on families and communities. Ferguson \u2063highlighted that such actions could \u2063lead to \u2062family\u2064 separations and loss of workers in the community. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">executive order mandates<\/a> the \u2064state&#8217;s \u200cDepartment of Children, Youth &#038; Families to create a rapid \u2063response team to develop policies\u2064 that would \u2063reduce trauma for children separated from their families.<\/p>\n<p>During\u200d a press conference,Ferguson and \u2064others,including OneAmerica Executive Director Roxana\u2064 Norouzi,stressed\u2062 the importance of supporting immigrant and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-urges-citizens-to-secure-and-prepare-housing-for-migrants\/\" title=\"Michigan advises residents to secure and ready housing for migrants\">refugee communities<\/a> amid potential deportations. They\u2063 aim to establish a framework \u2064for protecting these communities at both \u2062local\u200b and \u2063state levels.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, some Republican lawmakers criticized \u200bthe state&#8217;s sanctuary status, raising \u200cconcerns about\u2064 safety and enforcement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-views-joy-behar-calls-abbott-a-sadist-as-border-buoy-battle-intensifies\/\" title=\"Joy Behar of The View labels Abbott as a sadist amidst escalating border buoy dispute.\">federal \u200dimmigration laws<\/a>, notably in light of recent arrests of illegal immigrants\u200d for serious crimes. Representative jim Walsh reacted\u2064 to \u200cthese \u200barrests by \u2062questioning the stance of progressives regarding public safety and enforcement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Gov. Ferguson signs executive order in anticipation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-bidens-dhs-hiding-total-number-of-illegal-aliens-released-into-u-s\/\" title=\"Joe Biden&#039;s DHS Hiding Total Number of Illegal Aliens Released into U.S.\">illegal alien deportations<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1955999\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square)&nbsp;&ndash; In anticipation of mass deportations of illegal aliens by newly-elected President Donald Trump, Washington state&nbsp;Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed an executive order intended to provide services for children of those deported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While Attorney General Nick Brown has filed a multistate lawsuit in response to Trump&rsquo;s executive order overturning birthright citizenship, Ferguson said at a Monday press&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tvw.org\/video\/governor-bob-ferguson-executive-order-signing-2025011584\/?eventID=2025011584\">conference<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;that &ldquo;we also need to prepare &hellip; to minimize the impacts of Washingtonians when a president does something that may be lawful, but goes against our values.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to be clear about the impacts that that were to happen,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;It means ripping families apart. It means kids losing their parents. It means businesses losing their workers. It means communities being significantly altered. We need to prepare if this were to come to pass.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The executive&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/governor.wa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/exe_order\/EO%2025-04.pdf\">order<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;tasks the state Department of Children, Youth &amp; Families to form a rapid response team that will explore possible recommended policies for &ldquo;mitigating&rdquo; the impacts of deportations on children who are separated from their families.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The entire mission of the Department of Children, Youth &amp; Families are to keep children safe, to reduce unnecessary separation from family, and ultimately reduce any trauma,&rdquo; Tana Senn said, the newly appointed director of DCYF.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the press conference, Executive Director of OneAmerica Roxana Norouzi said &ldquo;we will continue to serve and defend our immigrant and refugee communities to our utmost ability, continuing to help in providing services to providing emergency planning, to uniting with our partners so that we are coming together to educate and organize our communities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She added that &ldquo;we will build a blueprint for the rest of the nation of what&rsquo;s possible when we value support and invest in immigrant communities,&rdquo; in part by &ldquo;using every tool at our disposal at the local and state level to ensure immigrant communities are protected.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some Republicans are criticizing the state&rsquo;s sanctuary status in which public officials are not permitted to enforce federal immigration laws nor cooperate with officials attempting to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JimWalshLD19\/status\/1883699704489550047\">noted<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;on X that several days prior, two illegal aliens were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, one of them for raping a child.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Will progressives in Olympia and Seattle complain about these arrests?&rdquo; Walsh wrote. &ldquo;I suspect they&rsquo;ll stay silent. 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