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OIRA announces Letter of Intent (LOI) for Rapid Response Program funding
OIRA Training for Local Service Providers on Immigration
OIRA Denounces Cutting of Unaccompanied Children Program Funding, Chilling Effect on Immigrant Children and Service Provider Partners

OIRA Denounces Cutting of Unaccompanied Children Program Funding, Chilling Effect on Immig...

03/25/25 by Azmi Haroun Seattle – On Friday, March 21, 2025, the Trump administration issued a near-total termination of work on its Unaccompanied C...

OIRA Denounces Cutting of Unaccompanied Children P...

03/25/25 by Azmi Haroun

OIRA announces Letter of Intent (LOI) for Rapid Response Program funding

03/12/25 by Javiera Wood The City of Seattle Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs (OIRA) is releasing an LOI to help provide limited immigration legal s...

OIRA announces Letter of Intent (LOI) for Rapid Re...

03/12/25 by Javiera Wood

OIRA Training for Local Service Providers on Immigration

02/07/25 by Beleqsa Tamaami On January 28, 2025, the Seattle Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs (OIRA) and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) hos...

OIRA Training for Local Service Providers on Immig...

02/07/25 by Beleqsa Tamaami

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New Informational Videos to Help Asylum Seekers

12/28/24 by Oksana Bilobran Asylum is an essential promise of providing safety to people fleeing violence and persecution that is protected under internationa...

New Informational Videos to Help Asylum Seekers

12/28/24 by Oksana Bilobran

Group of event guests posing for photo as City Hall with some passing laptops to community members.

Regional Partnerships for Immigrant Integration and Workforce Development in the City of S...

11/22/24 by Jena Yang The City of Seattle and our region are deeply impacted by the extensive cultural and economic contributions of our immigrant and r...

Regional Partnerships for Immigrant Integration an...

11/22/24 by Jena Yang

Woman smiling sitting at desk in crowded room getting help filling out forms from a man sitting across from her.

OIRA Partners with Community Organizations to Host Citizenship Clinics

08/23/24 by Javiera L. Wood The City of Seattle’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs (OIRA) is partnering with 11 community-based organizations through...

OIRA Partners with Community Organizations to Host...

08/23/24 by Javiera L. Wood

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Providing Legal Representation to Immigrant Children in Seattle

07/23/24 by Oksana Bilobran Each year, thousands of immigrant children are placed into court proceedings in which government prosecutors seek to deport them u...

Providing Legal Representation to Immigrant Childr...

07/23/24 by Oksana Bilobran