It took almost no time for two refugees to become part of Shelly O'Quinn's family. She was on the cusp of becoming one of their refugee "sponsors" to guide them in the United States as part of the U.S ...

O’Quinn, a former Republican Spokane County commissioner, met 21-year-old Cesar Alexander Alvarez Perez and 28-year-old Joswar Slater Rodriguez Torres last year at a church event after they escaped ...