SEATTLE -- The Seattle City Council on Monday unanimously approved a $1 million legal defense fund for immigrants and refugees who live or work in the city. The King County Council passed $750,000 for similar legislation.



President Donald Trump's executive orders "will dramatically increase the number of people seeking legal representation in courts," according to the Seattle City Council's website, and "immigrants & refugees have no legal right to representation in immigration court."



The sponsors of the ordinance, council members Lorena Gonzalez and Tim Burgess, said that nearly 1 in 5 residents in Seattle is foreign-born, and that the Seattle area is among the 20 U.S. metropolitan areas with the largest populations of undocumented immigrants.



The King Council Council on Monday also approved a $750,000 fund to support key immigrant and refugee serving organizations throughout the county.



According to the county council, the funds will be distributed in three main areas:













