State announces where $16.4 million in asylum-seeker aid will go

Washington’s Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance announced unprecedented investments this week to create a more coordinated response to the state’s growing asylum-seeker crisis. Although King County first began seeing an increase in new arrivals nearly two years ago, the state’s $16.4 million distribution to more than 20 organizations marks…

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