Jorge L. Barón
@jorgebaron
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Honored to serve our region on the King County Council. Former Exec Dir @NWIRP. Partner to @etcrone, proud dad of 3 great kids. Personal account.
Seattle, WA, made in 🇨🇴
Joined June 2008
RT @steve_vladeck: Just to say the quiet part out loud, the point of having unelected judges in a democracy is so that *whether* acts of st…
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RT @PramilaJayapal: So proud of #Seattle and our loving community. Thanks to all the restaurants who are standing up for immigrant rights,…
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I’m grateful that @KingCountyWA is joining other local jurisdictions in pushing back against the Trump Administration and its illegal actions. Our communities have made the right choice in not using scarce local law enforcement resources for immigration enforcement.
King County on Friday joined other so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions in a lawsuit to be filed against the Trump administration, alleging the federal government is illegally commandeering local law enforcement and violating states’ rights.
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RT @GovBobFerguson: President Trump’s attempt to withhold federal funds from states that offer health care to transgender Washingtonians is…
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Thank you to everyone at the State Attorney General’s Office for their work on this case. And my heart is with every trans person here in Washington and throughout the country. We see you and will join you in pushing back on these attempts to erase your existence. 3/3
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RT @ReichlinMelnick: I want a world where the people who are afraid are the employers who are exploiting workers, and not the victims who a…
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I don’t regularly agree with the Journal, but do wholeheartedly in this case.
Trump will impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for no good reason. If a North American trade war persists, it will qualify as one of the dumbest in history.
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RT @neeratanden: Just hope our allies recognize that many, many Americans oppose this stupidity
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RT @KingCoRHA: Today we have reactivated Tier 2 Severe Weather Protocols, and will increase to Tier 3 tomorrow. Shelter is available. Visit…
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RT @ericadyork: 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico will slow housing construction, says NAHB.
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I began my career at @NWIRP as an attorney in the Legal Orientation Program (LOP), which provides basic information to immigrants while in detention. It’s unsurprising that the Trump Administration is seeking to end it, but I’m glad that NWIRP and partners are fighting back.
A Trump order halted lawyers' ability to meet with people detained by ICE at a Tacoma center and elsewhere. This violates the First Amendment, the suit asserts.
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RT @ReichlinMelnick: The CHUTZPAH of cancelling the literal only way that migrants could go to ports of entry and then saying "well why don…
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As in interpersonal relationships, trying to resolve an international dispute via social media is doomed to fail. I fear we'll continue to see these two notoriously stubborn leaders refuse to back down but those who will pay the price (literally) are the people in both countries.
Recap: - Colombia: Deportations are fine, but don't use military planes. - Trump: F*** YOU. 50% tariffs, visa bans, and sanctions. - Colombia: If you're going to be that way, screw you too, 50% tariffs back at you, we're breaking up, and we'll see other people *coughChinacough*.
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RT @JeremyKonyndyk: A global stop-work order on foreign aid will cost many lives if kept in place. As written, it halts ALL ongoing humani…
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RT @KingCoRHA: Due to persistent overnight low temperatures, we have extended Tier 3 Severe Weather protocols through Tuesday, January 28.…
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RT @AGOWA: The Constitution prevents the federal government from commandeering state or local law enforcement for immigration enforcement a…
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