WAISN Resource Finder

The Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN) is an intersectional, multifaith, intergenerational, multi-lingual, multiracial, multiethnic immigrant-led network of over 400 immigrant leaders, allies, and immigrant-serving organizations. WAISN convenes and cultivates a statewide transnational solidarity coalition to protect and advance the power and rights of all immigrant and refugee communities by investing in base building and growing the leadership of forced migrants. 

Our strategy centers the voices of impacted communities while organizing, educating, and mobilizing people across the state to uphold and defend the rights and dignity of all immigrants and refugees.

As a queer and transgender immigrant-found and led nonprofit, we are building a strong, connected, immigrant-led justice movement to dismantle oppressive systems and ensure a life of abundance for all immigrants.

The WAISN Resource Finder, a community-driven database of vetted resources for immigrant and refugee communities in Washington State, goes beyond simply listing available services. It bridges the gap between resource providers and community members by educating providers on cultural sensitivities, language needs, and the specific requirements of undocumented individuals. 

Unlike other resource databases in the state, the WAISN Resource Finder actively vets resources to ensure their accessibility to undocumented immigrants, providing detailed information about ID requirements, language support, and potential limitations based on immigration status. This approach fosters trust within the community, knowing that the listed resources are tailored to their needs and accessible regardless of their immigration status. 

The Resource Finder serves as an invaluable tool for the WAISN Deportation Defense hotline, the largest and only hotline dedicated to assisting immigrants in Washington State, and is widely utilized by community organizations across the state to connect their immigrant and refugee clients with the resources they need. 

While the Resource Finder is community-driven and constantly updated, it remains a work in progress, reflecting the imperfect nature of resource availability. Nevertheless, it stands as a comprehensive and accessible platform, specifically designed to empower immigrant and refugee communities in Washington State.

The WAISN Deportation Defense Hotline (the “Hotline”) is the only statewide hotline exclusively dedicated to serving immigrants and refugees, particularly undocumented immigrants, in the state of Washington. The Hotline is WAISN’s ear on the ground, a two-way line of communication between WAISN and Washington’s immigrant community that serves as the foundation for WAISN’s priorities, initiatives, and immigrant justice work. 

The WAISN Hotline was created in 2017 to empower and protect community members by sharing knowledge and resources for the safety and well-being of immigrants in the face of harmful immigration enforcement. Hotline operators facilitate access to WAISN’s immigrant-centered deportation defense mutual aid work by educating community members on their rights, supporting with accompaniment requests to court and immigration hearings and appointments, connecting detained individuals with the Legal Orientation Program, and assisting with immigration bond fund applications.

The Hotline has built connections and trust with community members across the state, and it is now the first place many Washington immigrants call with questions on a wide range of issues that impact their daily lives and to be connected to the resources they need to survive and thrive

All Hotline operators are members of our immigrant communities and bilingual in Spanish and English. Interpretation services are available in nearly 300 languages. We serve all immigrants and refugees of every race, ethnicity, embodiment,  gender identity, sexuality, nationality, location, language, and culture.

Join us in making a lasting impact on the lives of immigrants and refugees in Washington State by supporting WAISN and the Resource Finder. Your generous contribution will directly enable us to provide critical resources and a unified voice for immigrant justice.

Your feedback is important in ensuring the accuracy and relevance of the Resource Finder. If you encounter any outdated information, notice a typo, or have any other suggestions for improvement, please don't hesitate to let us know. Simply click the red flag icon located next to each resource entry to submit your feedback.

If you know of a valuable resource that is not yet listed in our database, we encourage you to share it with us. Simply click the "Suggest a Resource" tab at the top of the page and provide us with the relevant details. Our team will review your suggestion and consider adding it to the Resource Finder.

Thank you for helping us expand our network of resources and better serve the needs of our immigrant and refugee communities!

Join our community and stay updated on our latest initiatives and advocacy efforts by connecting with WAISN on Facebook. 

If you have any questions, concerns, or would like to get involved, feel free to reach out to us via email at info@waisn.org.

If you need to report immigration activity, please call the Deportation Defense Hotline at 1-844-724-3737.