Washington will not just stand up to what’s going on. We will lead on this issue, just like we have in the past,” Gov. Bob Ferguson said Tuesday.

Washington is “taking a careful look” at where it has standing to challenge President Donald Trump’s recent proclamation restricting travel from 12 countries, Attorney General Nick Brown said during a press conference Tuesday.

The ban went into effect Monday, prohibiting people from 12 countries and heavily restricting people from seven other countries from entering the U.S.

A new travel ban preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States went into effect Monday.

President Donald Trump’s latest travel limitations may keep fans from the 19 named nations from seeing their athletes compete in some of the globe’s most important sporting events in the next several years,

Mohammad Sharafoddin, his wife and young son managed to make it out of Afghanistan as refugees nine years ago, at one point walking 36 hours over mountain passes.

The White House says the 12 countries on the list are "deficient with regards to screening and vetting" and are being targeted to protect U.S. national security.

The Haitian government is expressing disappointment with the U.S. over Trump's recent decision to implement a travel ban, barring Haitians.