Mayor Murray Joins Calls to Address the Somali Remittance Crisis

Shiil Grocery and Halal Meats, a Columbia City business that can no longer transfer money to needy Somalis. Charles Mudede
Three Slog posts and two weeks after the 30,000 Somali-Americans in the greater Seattle area found out they would no longer be able to send desperately needed funds to their families, I received a copy of this letter from Mayor Ed Murray to Secretary of State John Kerry asking for assistance in finding a solution. In it, Mayor Murray expresses support for