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Ferguson signs executive order creating Family Separation Rapid Response Team
Summary
At a Seattle event Feb. 14, Gov. Bob Ferguson signed an order directing the Department of Children, Youth and Families to stand up a Family Separation Rapid Response Team to plan for care, education continuity and other supports if federal immigration enforcement separates families.
Governor Bob Ferguson signed an executive order at El Centro de la Raza on Feb. 14 directing the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) to create a Family Separation Rapid Response Team to coordinate state responses if federal immigration enforcement separates parents from children.
The order, announced and signed at the event, directs DCYF to convene the team with representatives from DCYF, the Washington State Patrol, the Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance, the Washington Attorney General’s Office and the governor’s office. Ferguson said the team…
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