Resources for Impacted Community
Accompaniment to immigration court, ICE check-ins, or ISAP appointments
Immigrant community members report they feel safer when accompanied to high stakes immigration appointments and hearings. Do you know someone who wants to be accompanied to their immigration appointment or hearing?
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Community members can call the WAISN Hotline 1-844-724-3737 (Monday-Friday; 6am-6pm) and ask for accompaniment.
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Fill out an Accompaniment Request Form at tinyurl.com/jcijaccompany.
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You can find shareable and printable Accompaniment flyers in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Lingala at tinyurl.com/flyersjcij.
Know Your Rights
Every person in the United States has certain basic rights regardless of citizenship.
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To prepare for ICE encounters: Know Your Rights flyers from WAISN flyers from WAISN and information in English, Spanish, French, Lingala, Portuguese, and Somali. Additional Know Your Rights resources from NWIRP.
To prepare for ICE encounters, including at your masjid: Know Your Rights flyer from CAIR.
To prepare for ICE encounters at your workplace: Know Your Rights for Employees flyer from AILA.
To prepare for ICE encounters at your K-12 school: NWIRP's Know Your Rights for K-12 Education webinar.
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The Know Your Rights app from NAKASEC is in many languages and has the ability to read your rights out loud to an ICE or law enforcement agent and send a message to an emergency contact.
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More videos about knowing your rights, immigration updates, and asylum info from NWIRP.
Additional flyers and resources from WAISN.
Legal Resources
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Immigrant Safety Plan document in English.
Plan de Seguridad para Inmigrantes en Español.
Recording of the LCYC webinar on how to complete the Safety Plan.
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Informational videos and PowerPoint slideshows from NWIRP for asylum seekers to help navigate the immigration court and asylum process. In English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
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See JCIJ's Resource How to Support an Immigrant Who Is Detained in WA tinyurl.com/detentionsupport with concrete details, links, and a list of lawyers.
En Español: Cómo apoyar a un inmigrante detenido en el estado de Washington tinyurl.com/apoyodetencion.
Know someone who has been detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center (Northwest Detention Center)? Contact NWIRP at detainedreferrals@nwirp.org or call NWIRP at 253-383-0519/ 877-814-6444.