Declaring the state of civil emergency would basically open up more money. We've had refugees coming in to supportive families in our own neighbourhood.

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City of Seattle poised to declare a civil emergency for LGBTQIA+ refugees fleeing red states
By Madison Jones, Managing Editor

https://www.sgn.org/story/166221

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SGN:: City of Seattle poised to declare a civil emergency for LGBTQIA+ refugees fleeing red states

On the Trans Day of Visibility last month, Seattle’s LGBTQ Commission submitted a letter of recommendation to the Mayor’s Office, City Council, and City Attorney’s Office that requested that City officials declare a civil emergency in response to the increasing number of Trans and Queer people fleeing hostile environments in other states. An anonymous source told the SGN that the letter has since been received, and discussions between City officials and community members behind closed doors indicate Seattle

Seattle Gay News

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"America is on the move. Hundreds of thousands of people are packing up boxes, loading U-Hauls, and shipping out of state in an urgent flight towards safety.

They’re being propelled by hostile political forces bearing down on them because of who they are, what they believe, or for their medical needs.

All are displaced within their own country for reasons they did not choose. They are the new generation of America’s internal refugees – and their ranks are growing by the day.

Here, we profile families who have joined America’s swelling class of internal refugees. They represent just five stories among many others which might have been included: librarians fleeing book bans, professors forced out by ideologically-motivated college education boards, and most recently, the thousands of federal employees fired by the Trump administration.

Such is the tide of coerced dislocation, in the land of the free."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/24/american-refugees-escape

Meet the new American refugees fleeing across state lines for safety

Americans have often moved between states for opportunities. Now they’re being forced to uproot themselves to escape hostile forces under Trump

The Guardian