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How President Trump could make Vancouver, B.C., a tech boomtown

As an immigration attorney who often represents big Seattle-area corporations, Lola Zakharova is used to getting inquiries from people who… Read More

Remitly launches social media campaign highlighting immigrant stories in the face of Trump’s crackdown

Remitly has something to say about the current immigration climate in the United States. The Seattle startup, which makes it… Read More

As Trump stokes fears, startup backed by tech heavyweights aims to help immigrants ‘take control of their journey’

Xiao Wang is an immigrant success story. He came to the U.S. from Nanjing at three and went on to… Read More

Washington state AG declares victory over President Trump in immigration case

Bob Ferguson is declaring victory. Washington state’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson says President Trump is effectively conceding defeat in a… Read More

Reports: White House considers rewriting immigration order instead of going directly to Supreme Court

It looks like President Donald Trump’s promise to “SEE YOU IN COURT” might have been an empty threat. A day… Read More

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Twitterverse goes into all-caps frenzy after appeals court ruling dumps on Trump

President Donald Trump wasn’t the only one hitting the all-caps key after word got out that a federal appeals court… Read More

Federal judges decline to resume Trump’s immigration ban, siding with Washington state

President Trump’s controversial executive order temporarily restricting immigration to the U.S. will not be reinstated at this time, thanks to… Read More

Startups and VCs join legal fight against Trump’s immigration ban, claiming ‘immediate harm’ to the innovation economy

Tech giants, like Amazon, Expedia, Google, and Microsoft, have thrown their considerable weight behind Washington state and Minnesota in a… Read More

Trump administration seeks to reinstate immigration ban in court hearing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEK8FCBMkMQ Today, attorneys representing Washington state and the U.S. Department of Justice are presenting oral arguments to try to sway… Read More

How to stream today’s immigration showdown between the Trump administration and the states

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEK8FCBMkMQ This is escalating quickly. Today, three judges from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments to… Read More

Musk and Weeks and Trump

Elon Musk’s Tesla and SpaceX (and 29 other companies) back immigration lawsuit

If you can join them, you can try beating them, too. Today SpaceX and Tesla signed on to the legal… Read More

‘Help the Lawyers’ uses social media to support immigration attorneys offering legal services to detainees

It started with a pizza. In the days following President Trump’s executive order restricting immigration, Seattle freelance writer Kelly Clay… Read More

17 states back Washington and Minnesota in Trump immigration lawsuit

This story was updated at 3:30 p.m. with details on Hawaii’s involvement in the case.  Seventeen states — in addition… Read More

New court filing: Google, Uber, Microsoft and nearly 100 others back Washington state case vs. Trump

Nearly 100 companies — including Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, Uber and other big technology brands — filed a brief overnight with… Read More

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Elon Musk stirs up an epic tweetstorm over Donald Trump and America’s legal system

Tech wizard Elon Musk’s fans hang on his every word when he tweets about the next SpaceX launch, or about… Read More

Watch: ‘So-called judge’ hears arguments and rules on President Trump’s immigration order

A federal judge’s ruling on Friday, temporarily suspending President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, is having an impact across… Read More

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Elon Musk sees ‘progress’ on immigration after White House meeting with Trump

Billionaire techie Elon Musk today explained why he’s staying on President Donald Trump’s business advisory council, even after Uber CEO… Read More

Federal judge’s ruling doesn’t block this key part of Trump’s immigration order

Critics of President Trump’s immigration policy celebrated Washington state’s victory Friday, after a federal judge granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), immediately halting… Read More

White House: DOJ to seek emergency stay after Seattle contingent blocks immigration order; Trump calls ruling ‘ridiculous’

Updated below with President Trump’s response and statement from Department of Homeland Security. After losing the first round in a… Read More

Washington AG explains how Amazon, Expedia, and Microsoft influenced crucial victory over Trump

Washington state secured a temporary restraining order on Friday that immediately halted implementation of President Trump’s executive immigration order nationwide — and… Read More

At Seattle hearing, federal judge issues restraining order to halt Trump’s immigration ban nationwide

A federal judge in Seattle granted Washington state’s request for a temporary restraining order to immediately halt implementation and enforcement of… Read More

Rainy day resistance: Even President Trump could count this ‘crowd’

Patrick Wicklund doesn’t mind the rain. The former U.S. Department of Agriculture employee stood outside the U.S. Courthouse in Seattle… Read More

Expedia will double-match employee donations to ACLU after Trump immigration ban

Expedia will offer a 2-to-1 match for employee donations to the American Civil Liberties Union in response to President Donald… Read More

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Week in Geek: Tech vs. Trump

While the tech industry had never been particularly warm to candidate or President Trump, industry leaders made it clear after… Read More

More than 1,200 Comcast employees are walking off their jobs to protest Trump immigration ban

More than a thousand Comcast employees have walked off their job in several major U.S. cities to protest Donald Trump’s… Read More

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Minnesota joins Washington state’s legal fight against Trump’s immigration ban

Minnesota is joining Washington state as a plaintiff in a lawsuit, filed Monday, that claims Trump’s immigration travel ban is… Read More

Trump’s immigration crackdown may force Amazon and Microsoft to shift some workers to Canada

Prior to President Trump’s controversial immigration orders, Amazon offered positions in the U.S. to seven Iranian-born candidates. Now, the company… Read More

Charts: These tech companies stand to lose the most from Trump’s reported H-1B visa crackdown

Tens of thousands of tech workers could be affected by Donald Trump’s next executive order. Under the order, Trump will reportedly… Read More

Trump poised to kill Obama’s plan to allow foreign entrepreneurs to build startups in the U.S.

Well, that was fast. The Trump administration has reportedly set the wheels in motion to undo former President Obama’s plan to help… Read More

Court filings: Expedia and Amazon make the case against Trump’s immigration order

Amazon and Expedia filed declarations supporting Washington state’s lawsuit over President Trump’s controversial immigration ban Monday evening. The statements outline… Read More

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