Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network

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We Need to Regulate Automated License Plate Readers Now Glaring down at us from light posts, traffic lights, and even convenience stores, is a privately-built, publicly paid-for surveillance network of license plate readers. Whenever a vehicle passes by, c...

Thank you to the @lavrights.org and the Gender Justice League for speaking up for all our communities. WA lawmakers must strengthen SB 6002, limit ALPR data retention, and stop warrantless data sharing.

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🌙✨ This #Ramadan, we honor our Muslim siblings in WA and beyond. Amid rising Islamophobia and attacks on civil liberties, we hold space for celebration, resilience, culture, and leadership. Follow and support Muslim-led orgs in WA to celebrate our communities.

#Healthcare should not be cherry-picked in WA. Immigrants and refugees are under attack and the #AppleHealthExpansion Program is one of the few ways the state government shows up for our communities.

Visit bit.ly/HealthCareForAllWA by 2/23 to tell lawmakers: fully protect Apple Health Expansion

2/ Here in WA, Black immigrants and refugees from Africa, the Caribbean & beyond are vital to our communities as organizers, workers, artists, parents, and leaders. This #BlackHistoryMonth, we honor a story shaped by shared struggle, solidarity across borders & the collective pursuit of liberation.

1/ #BlackHistory is not confined to the past. It is living, present, and continuously shaped by people across every generation and place in the U.S. Black Americans have long stood alongside Black migrants in the fight for liberation and continue to lead in the work for immigrant justice.

2/ This New Year, we honor the deep histories of Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese communities in WA whose labor, resilience, and traditions shaped our region. Wishing our communities prosperity, happiness, and collective strength as we build the future together.

1/ As we welcome the #YearOfTheHorse, we step into a year of energy, passion, and action. May we move forward with courage grounded in unity, cultural pride, and care for one another. 🐎✨

Love is more than a feeling; it’s an action fueling immigrant justice.❤️‍🔥 Take 5 minutes to tell legislators everyone deserves healthcare, regardless of immigration status.

💌 Send a letter today: bit.ly/4qBTvmp

#LoveIsAction #WAISN

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4/ 👉 Join a community-led Rapid Response Team near you to monitor civil rights violations, build community leadership, and connect directly impacted families to resources: waisn.org/events/

3/ Our approach is shaped by local community guidance. In our context, we have seen whistles increase fear, draw unwanted attention, and interfere with documenting rights violations and supporting impacted families. Rapid response looks different everywhere because communities are different.

2/ Rapid response at WAISN is grassroots, community-led defense. It’s about non-violence, de-escalation, and accountability, including exercising our right to document immigration enforcement. It’s not about being loud, confrontational, or heroic.

1/ Let’s talk about #RapidResponse at WAISN and why we don’t use whistles 🧵👇

Bearing witness to immigration enforcement activity is powerful and under attack. #WAISN #RapidResponse is grassroots, immigrant-led, and focused on accountability, care, and solidarity, not interfering with law enforcement. Join us 👉 tinyurl.com/RRWAISN #NonViolence #Solidarity

Join this training to learn about the @waisn.bsky.social statewide Rapid Response network and how you can support immigrant communities in keeping families together.

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Thriving Communities Giving Program is a 5-month journey to deepen immigrant justice, storytelling, & fundraising skills—supporting WAISN’s Deportation Defense work. Fundraising as a form of solidarity keeps our work alive.
➡️ Join the next cohort: tinyurl.com/tcgpsignup2026
🗓️ Starts Jan 22, 2026

WAISN remains committed to nonviolence, dignity, and real-time action based in love, not fear. Together, we can show up for one another and keep working toward a future grounded in hope and humanity for all.

Red overlay of image with hands clasping to a lock and chain behind a cage. In the foreground WAISN logo is displayed with the following message below : National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Shine light on human trafficking to affirm that immigrants and refugees communities deserve dignity, and freedom from exploitation.

Red overlay of image with hands clasping to a lock and chain behind a cage. In the foreground reads the names of groups : API Chaya, The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Washington, Real Escape from the Sex Trade, or REST, Washington Advisory Committee on Trafficking (WashACT)

On #HumanTraffickingAwarenessDay, we acknowledge a hard truth: nearly 80% of the survivors served by the WASH Act were foreign nationals. Traffickers exploit poverty, unstable housing, language barriers, discrimination & immigration vulnerabilities. Support local orgs doing this critical work.

From Wenatchee to Olympia, 600+ voices and 90 legislators came together in 2025. Now we’re gearing up for #IRAD2026—our 9th statewide advocacy day. Become a sponsor and help fuel WA’s most impactful immigrant justice movement. Contact debora@waisn.org for any questions.

#WAISN #ImmigrantJustice

Before the year ends, here’s what keeps us going 💛 In 2025, we saw harm to immigrant communities but also deep solidarity across WA. At WAISN we achieved :
📞10K+ hotline calls
🫂13 freed from detention
🗣️10K+ reached,
🏛️500+ at IRAD.
Support what’s next in 2026: tinyurl.com/endofyeargift2025

🚨 Deportation Defense Hotline Closure Notice 🚨

Our communities are our priority, and we are here to support. Don’t hesitate to reach out if you witness any immigration activity by texting us or leaving a voicemail at 1-844-724-373.

WAISN will pause new Fair Fight Bond Fund applications after December 5, 2025. Apps after that date will be reviewed starting the week of January 6, 2026. Allow up to two weeks for processing. Need urgent support? Contact National Bail Fund Network (NBFN): referral@communityjusticeexchange.org

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On #InternationalMigrantsDay, we honor migrants in Washington and worldwide. They enrich culture, drive innovation, lead critical roles, support families, & help societies thrive. Let's ensure migration isn't criminalized and continue to voice that freedom of movement is a fundamental human right.

Grateful to UTOPIA WA for translating WAISN’s Know Your Rights with Immigration into Fiji-Hindi, i-Taukei Fijian, Samoan & Tongan 🌺

👉 Access this vital info in the languages our communities trust at waisn.org/kyrice/

Join the Thriving Communities Giving Program for a 5-month journey to build skills in storytelling, fundraising, and immigrant justice. Hear from a last year's alum about their experience and why they got involved: tinyurl.com/tcgpsignup2026

A yellow graphic flyer with an blue overlay photo of people rallying with the posters and a photo in the foreground of of pepole assemblying rally posters and having conversations. The message the graphic reads: Individual Membership | WAISN’s new Individual Membership is here — your way to get involved and take action for justice and dignity. Across the country, immigrants and refugees face increasing threats — and our movement needs more capacity, more connection, and more leaders to respond. Many people want to take action for immigrant justice — but don’t know where to start or how to get involved. Find more details and join today: tinyurl.com/indivimembershipenglish

2/2 As Washington’s largest immigrant- and refugee-led coalition, we’re creating spaces where every person can live with autonomy and shape our collective future.

Be part of this new chapter in immigrant justice organizing.
Learn more and join today: tinyurl.com/indivimembershipenglish

1/2 Today, we’re launching a new way to organize for immigrant justice — WAISN’s Individual Membership program. From Spokane to Seattle, immigrants, refugees, and allies are uniting to build a connected movement for dignity.

#WAISN #ImmigrantJustice #IndividualMembership

Waisn.org is redesigned and live! Nearly a decade into building a powerful, immigrant-led movement, we finally have a digital home that reflects our bold, welcoming community. Explore resources, find events, take action—then share!
#WAISN #NewWebsite

2/2 The Fair Fight Bond Fund — the PNW’s only community-funded immigration bond resource — has already reunited 133 people with their loved ones. Your support this giving season can help reunite another community member with their family.

🔗 tinyurl.com/GivingFFBF
#FairFightBondFund #Donation

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1/1 The winter holidays are meant to be a time of family and joy — yet many immigrant and refugee community members are still trapped in an oppressive detention and deportation system. You can make a difference by supporting community-led efforts like WAISN’s Fair Fight Bond Fund.