Standing steps away from rooms where life-changing laws could be passed, immigrants, refugees, and their advocates made the case for expanding health care and unemployment benefits to immigrants, regardless their immigration status. “Where is the leadership of the state in making sure immigrants are taken care of?" asked Cataline Velasquez, executive director of the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN). "It costs more to not take care of immigrants when we are inundating emergency care services and lacking preventative care." The calls for health care and unemployment benefits came in unison with asking legislators to help the ongoing refugee crisis in western Washington. READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/immigrants-refugees-rally-for-healthcare-unemployment-benefits/281-6e46400d-87e0-4fca-9bd7-d1fa9da08a28