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In the last 24 hours, there were two major developments in immigration policy. Yesterday a federal district court in California blocked implementation of the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for legal immigrants from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan.

OneAmerica Votes proudly endorses Tanisha Harris to Represent the 17th Legislative District in Clark County, Washington. Harris is one of an impressive slate of women of color running for the state legislature in 2018. Harris was born and raised in Vancouver, Washington.

Earlier this summer, OneAmerica Votes proudly endorsed Kristine Reeves for re-election as State Representative for Washington’s 30th Legislative District, which covers much of Federal Way. When not in the legislature, Kristine currently serves as the Director of Economic Development for the Military and Defense sector for the state of Washington.

Washingtonians everywhere should care about the serious threat that pollution poses to the health and wellbeing of our communities. Initiative 1631 is a broad and inclusive proposal to invest in clean air and clean energy in Washington State while reducing our reliance on polluting fossil fuels.

In the 2018 mid-term elections, all US Representatives will be up for election, including Washington State’s ten Members of Congress. This post summarizes the positions taken by the Democratic Representatives serving Washington State.

OneAmerica Votes endorses My-Linh Thai for State Representative in the 41st Legislative District, Position 2. Ms. Thai currently serves on the Bellevue School Board, where she made racial and social equity her focus. She was inspired to the run for Representative in part to allow her to do more to advocate for her constituents, including immigrant and refugee communities.

There are an extraordinarily large number of candidates vying to contest the re-election of Senator Maria Cantwell this November. In this blog post, we review Senator Cantwell’s record on immigration, and review the positions taken by the most likely Republican Candidate, Susan Hutchison.

Immigration policy has been at the forefront of the national policy debate in Congress, and Washington’s Members of Congress have played important roles. This article summarizes positions taken by our Republican Members of Congress facing re-election this year.

Earlier this summer, OneAmerica Votes announced our endorsements in advance of the 2018 primary elections coming up on August 7th. Here are profiles of four highly qualified candidates endorsed by OneAmerica Votes!

The Muslim Committee of the OneAmerica Votes Justice Fund proudly endorses Senator Manka Dhingra for re-election to the 45th Legislative District. One year ago, Dhingra was running for election for the first time in the special election for Senate in the 45th Legislative District. Her election last fall gave Democrats a majority in the State Senate.