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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network

@waisn.bsky.social

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Building immigrant & refugee power in WA State. Estamos creando poder en nuestra comunidad inmigrante en el estado de Washington. ✊🏾 Reposts are not endorsements

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · Nov 27

Hi Bluesky! 🦋 We’re #WAISN, a coalition of 400+ immigrant leaders, allies and orgs uniting for immigrant justice in WA. We fight for the dignity, rights, and liberation of all immigrants, uplifting queer, trans and undocumented voices. Follow us for resources & action alerts! Learn more at waisn.org

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WAISN is the largest immigrant-led coalition in Washington State. We are a powerful, volunteer network of immigrant and refugee-rights serving Washington State.

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 12d

4/4 From now until Oct. 15, 10% of sales from our curated booklist go directly to WAISN—fueling immigrant justice across WA. Support deportation defense in WA and stack your bookshelf.
Browse the full list & shop now: 🔗 bit.ly/WAISNQueerBooks

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Seattle's home for queer books

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 12d

3/3 Saara El-Arifi’s Faebound and The Final Strife are epic fantasy tales where exiled sisters and defiant young women navigate fae courts and divided empires, sparking battles of loyalty, survival, resistance, and love.

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 12d

2/3 Malinda Lo’s Ash and Huntress are sapphic fantasy tales that reimagine Cinderella and follow young women on perilous journeys where love, magic, and choice shape their destinies.

Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 12d

1/3 This week’s featured genre in our partnered fundraiser with @charliesqueerbooks.bsky.social is Speculative Fiction / Fantasy / Sci-Fi—genres that imagine new worlds while centering queer identities and struggles.
#WAISN #PagesWithoutBorders #BookDrive

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 16d

3/3 Take action by creating an Emergency Preparedness Plan with the WAISN Resource Finder—a community-driven database of vetted resources for immigrant and refugee communities in Washington State.
🔗 resources.waisn.org

WAISN Resource Finder

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 16d

2/3 Across Washington, immigrant families live with the trauma of possibly being torn from their children during an emergency. But we are not powerless. Together, we can prepare and protect our loved ones.

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 16d

1/3 September is #NationalPreparednessMonth. For many immigrant and mixed-status families, preparedness goes beyond storms and wildfires. It also means confronting barriers like language access gaps, exclusion from aid, deportation, and the threat of family separation.
#WAISN #ResourceFinder

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 19d

3/3 Support deportation defense in WA and stack your bookshelf.
Browse the full list & shop now: 🔗 bit.ly/WAISNQueerBooks

Charlie's Queer Books

Seattle's home for queer books

bit.ly

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 19d

2/3 This week’s genre spotlight: Memoir & Nonfiction

Somewhere We Are Human, co-edited by Sonia Guiñansaca, an anthology that centers the voices of undocumented and formerly undocumented migrants, and Edafe Okporo’s Asylum: A Memoir & Manifesto details fleeing Nigeria as a gay man.

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 19d

1/3 WAISN is partnering with @charliesqueerbooks.bsky.social to uplift queer, immigrant, refugee & asylum-seeking authors.

From now until Oct.15, 10% of sales from our curated booklist go directly to WAISN, fueling immigrant justice across WA.

#WAISN #PagesWithoutBorders #BookDrive

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 19d

6/ 6 We share these updates, not to alarm, but to inform. Our communities deserve truth, transparency, and tools, not fear.

Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 19d

5/5 We’ve received 126 calls asking for resources and also activated WAISN Rapid Response teams 6 times. Most of these calls are from people asking about the ever-changing immigration landscape and how they can support their neighbors through increasing anti-immigrant acts.

Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 19d

4/4 Immigration enforcement agents continue to detain people who are going in for what they believe are routine check-ins. Remember, you don’t have to go alone, the WAISN Accompaniment program is here to support.

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 19d

3/3 Two children were among the 37 detained during this time period. Deportations are separating families and causing unimaginable pain across our state.

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 19d

2/2 Confirmed immigration enforcement activity: 3
Unconfirmed sightings: 10
Individual Detainments reported to the Hotline: 37

We ONLY confirm reports if we have first-person reports or photos, videos, or in-person verification by our trained Rapid Response teams.

Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 19d

1/1🧵 Immigration enforcement report: WA State | July 16-31, 2025
In the last two weeks of July, the WAISN Deportation Defense Hotline received 445 calls from people documenting or verifying immigration activity in their area. Here’s what we’re seeing 👇

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 20d

3/3 This month, we uplift Latinx-led organizations across WA that defend our communities daily: Comunidades, Pacific County Immigrant Support, and Unidos Nuevos Alianza.

Support, share, and stand with them.

Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 20d

2/3 Hispanic Heritage Month is a reminder: our stories are sacred, our lives are political, and our future is collective.

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 20d

1/3 Across the country, immigration enforcement continues to target, criminalize, and dehumanize Latinx communities.

But we will not be silent.

#HispanicHeritageMonth #ImmigrantJustice #WAISN

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 21d

4/4 Once built, these systems can be used, repurposed, and abused — regardless of current policy intentions. Washingtonians deserve care, investment, and true public safety, not more surveillance.

Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 21d

3/4 While we recognize the 60-day pause amendment as an attempt to address concerns around federal immigration enforcement, it is not enough. A temporary pause does not eliminate the long-term risks that surveillance infrastructure poses to immigrant communities.
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Seattle expands video surveillance despite public concerns about potential abuse

The Seattle City Council voted 7-2 Tuesday to expand its use of video cameras by police, despite concerns that the footage could be used by the Trump administration against immigrants, protesters, and...

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 21d

2/4 This decision does not make our communities safer, it makes us more vulnerable, especially to abuses by state and federal immigration enforcement, racial profiling, and the misuse of private data.

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 21d

1/4 We are deeply disappointed that the Seattle City Council voted 7-2 to prioritize surveillance expansion over the safety and trust of our Seattlelites despite three hours of testimony in overwhelming opposition from over 100 community members.

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 28d

3/3 Here are some ways you can engage in deportation defense and help prevent future tragedies:
Take action: tinyurl.com/StrongerTogetherToolkit

#ImmigrantJustice #WAISN #DeportationDefense

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 28d

2/2 At the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, WA, 6 suicide attempts were reported in the first 3 months of 2024. Nationwide, three deaths in 2025 have already been reported as suicides in immigration detention

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