SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell will sign two executive orders on Wednesday morning. One will prepare for the possibility that President Donald Trump deploys the National Guard to Seattle. The other is aimed at protecting immigrants and refugees in the event of a ramp-up in ICE enforcement action.

Harrell discussed the first executive order at a press conference earlier this month , where he was joined by Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown. Both said that, while they had no knowledge of concrete plans to deploy the National Guard to Seattle, they were treating it as a real possibility.

This came after Trump announced plans to deploy the guard to Portland , where he alleged Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities were under attack. Oregon officials disput

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