Washington Gov. Jay Inslee talks to reporters, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., after he signed an executive order to ensure that state workers don't help carry out President Donald Trump's immigration policies. Trump has said he wants to expand the number of deportations of people in the country illegally, and Inslee said Thursday that his order reaffirms the state's commitment to tolerance and ensures that state workers roles are to provide services for residents and not to enforce immigration statutes.
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee talks to reporters, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., after he signed an executive order to ensure that state workers don't help carry out President Donald
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee right, signs an executive order, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in his office at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., as general counsel Nick Brown looks on at left. The order ensures that state workers don't help carry out President Donald Trump's immigration policies. Trump has said he wants to expand the number of deportations of people in the country illegally, and Inslee said Thursday that his order reaffirms the state's commitment to tolerance and ensures that state workers roles are to provide services for residents and not to enforce immigration statutes.
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee right, signs an executive order, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in his office at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., as general counsel Nick Brown looks on at left. The order ensures that state
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Photo: Ted S. Warren, AP
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to meet with Trump Monday
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is heading to Washington, D.C. for a gathering of the National Governors Association that will include a meeting with President Donald Trump.
Inslee has been a vocal opponent of Trump and supported the lawsuit filed by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson that has led to a temporary halt of the president's travel ban aimed at immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim nations.
Inslee left for D.C. Thursday and will be back in the state Tuesday night. His office says he'll be meeting with governors and federal officials "on topics ranging from education to health care to national security."
Inslee and the other governors will have a meeting Monday at the White House with Trump and other officials from the administration.