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Committee backs welcoming-city resolution, urges short-term legal aid for unaccompanied children
Summary
The Select Committee recommended adoption of a "Welcoming City" resolution aimed at supporting immigrant and refugee communities and asked city staff to pursue budget discussions about emergency funding to maintain legal services for unaccompanied children; the committee vote was 5-0 to send the resolution to full council on May 27.
The Select Committee on Federal Administration and Policy Change voted May 16 to recommend adoption of a "Welcoming City" resolution designed to affirm Seattle—s support for immigrant and refugee communities and to direct staff work on legal capacity and monitoring federal actions.
The resolution, introduced by Committee Chair Alexis Mercedes Rink, asks the city attorney—s office to continue complying with the Court Open to All Act, to develop specialized immigration subject-matter capacity, and for the council to consider budgetary measures that would reduce harm to immigrant-serving departments. The committee voted 5-0 to forward the measure to the full City Council with the committee—s recommendation.
Speakers from immigrant-advocacy organizations detailed an urgent need for legal services for unaccompanied immigrant children. "Data shows that immigration judges are almost 100 times more…
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