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WA Immigrant Solidarity Network – February 17, 2026

Posted on February 17, 2026

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In 2025, the WAISN Deportation Defense Hotline and our volunteer Rapid Response Teams received hundreds of reports of activity across Washington by federal immigration agencies.

We’ve seen that immigrant communities are often being targeted in plain sight—in public places like neighborhood streets and outside local businesses—often without warning or due process. That’s why we’ve been working to restart our updates on immigration enforcement activities, which will be shared regularly over email, to help you and your loved ones stay informed.


This update is part of our commitment to demystifying immigration enforcement activity, centering the real experiences of impacted communities, and exposing the violent systems that criminalize forced migration and profit from the caging and deporting of immigrants and refugees.

These numbers are not just statistics, they reflect stories of family separation, surveillance, and intimidation tactics that sometimes lead to deadly consequences.

In 2025 WAISN received more than 1,000 reports of immigration enforcement activity through our Deportation Defense Hotline and Rapid Response Teams—here’s what we saw:

Reports by County: Of those, we received confirmed reports of immigration activity from 30 out of 39 counties in Washington, with King, Yakima, and Whatcom counties having the highest number of confirmed reports.

Detentions: We documented confirmed reports of close to 650 individual detentions. The majority of them occurred during traffic stops, in public spaces—especially in parking lots—or during immigration check-ins.

Additionally, in 2025 our Rapid Response Teams responded to two raids (a targeted operation from immigration officers to detain a large group of people in a specific location, most commonly in work places), in Whatcom and King counties, where we documented that a total of 54 people were detained.

Trends to Watch: Throughout the year we documented escalations in enforcement practices and volume, with reports to the Hotline peaking during the spring and summer. That’s when masked immigration agents reportedly began more regularly surveilling our communities in unmarked vehicles, particularly during the mornings (6am-9am) and evenings (5pm-8pm) when people are coming to and from work or school. Many detentions appear to be warrantless arrests with no probable cause.

And our communities responded to meet this moment: Calls to the WAISN Hotline to report activity and detentions more than doubled from 2024, and we had more than 200 WAISN Rapid Response Team activations in 2025.

WAISN’s Rapid Response Network is an ecosystem of care, led by directly impacted people—including trans and queer immigrants—who are often the first targeted by this cruel detention and deportation system.

Nearly a decade of experience has taught us that crisis politics can create a surge of attention to this work, and just as quickly, retreat. Rapid response, as we practice it, is a long-term strategy and ensures that we are going beyond reacting to a political or social moment, building accountability and community resilience.


We’ve trained 3,000+ rapid response volunteers to date, many of whom have already started mobilizing, organizing, and developing situated and localized strategies to document and confirm reports of immigration activity in our communities and support impacted families.

You are not alone. We all have constitutional rights regardless of immigration status. If you see immigration enforcement first-hand or a loved one has been detained, please text or call the WAISN Hotline at 1-844-724-3737 from Monday through Friday 6am-6pm. If no organizers are available when you call our Hotline, please send a text to the Hotline number letting us know what you are calling about, and we will try to follow up if possible.

When reporting immigration enforcement activity, try to provide as many details with documentation as possible, including:

  • Date and time of sighting and activity
  • Street name and description of the area where it happened
  • Pictures and videos of the interaction
  • Descriptions of what agents were doing and wearing, and what vehicles were present

Our community will get through this together by keeping each other informed, making sure our friends and neighbors know their rights, and sharing only first-hand information about immigration activity to avoid unnecessary fear.

Please know that WAISN is here to support you. Our Rapid Response teams are ready, and our network remains alert—it was built for this moment.

In the face of threats and attacks on our collective safety, community will prevail.

In solidarity,

The Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network


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En 2025, la Línea de Defensa contra la Deportación de WAISN y nuestros equipos de voluntarios de Respuesta Rápida recibieron cientos de reportes sobre actividades de las agencias federales de inmigración a lo largo del estado de Washington.

Hemos visto que las comunidades de inmigrantes suelen ser objeto de ataques a plena vista, en lugares públicos como calles de los barrios y fuera de negocios locales, a menudo sin previo aviso o sin realizar el debido proceso. Por ello es que estamos retomando nuestras actualizaciones sobre las actividades de control migratorio, que se compartirán periódicamente por correo electrónico, para ayudarle a usted y a sus seres queridos a mantenerse informados.


Esta actualización hace parte de nuestro compromiso por desmitificar las actividades de control migratorio, centrando las experiencias vividas por las comunidades afectadas y sacando a la luz los sistemas violentos que criminalizan a la migración forzosa y que se benefician y lucran del encarcelamiento y la deportación de inmigrantes y refugiados. 

Estas cifras no son solo estadísticas, sino que reflejan historias de separación familiar, vigilancia y tácticas de intimidación que a veces terminan en consecuencias mortales.

En 2025, WAISN recibió más de 1,000 reportes sobre actividades de control migratorio a través de nuestra Línea de Defensa contra la Deportación y nuestros equipos de Respuesta Rápida. Esto es lo que observamos:


Reportes por condado: De estos, recibimos reportes confirmados de actividades de control migratorio en 30 de los 39 condados de Washington, siendo los condados de King, Yakima y Whatcom los que tuvieron el mayor número de reportes confirmados.

Detenciones: Documentamos reportes confirmados de cerca de 650 detenciones individuales. La mayoría de las cuales ocurrieron mientras se realizaban paradas de tráfico, en espacios públicos, especialmente en estacionamientos, o durante registros de control migratorio.

Además, en 2025 nuestros equipos de Respuesta Rápida respondieron a dos redadas (una operación selectiva de los agentes de inmigración para detener a un grupo numeroso de personas en un lugar específico, usualmente ocurre en los lugares de trabajo), en los condados de Whatcom y King, donde documentamos un total de 54 personas detenidas.

Tendencias a tener en cuenta: A lo largo del año, documentamos un aumento en las prácticas y el volumen de las medidas de control, con un pico de denuncias a la Línea de Apoyo durante la primavera y el verano. En ese periodo se reporta que los agentes de inmigración enmascarados comenzaron a vigilar con mayor regularidad nuestras comunidades y en vehículos sin distintivos. Esto ocurre especialmente por las mañanas (6am-9am) y por las tardes (5pm-8pm), cuando la gente va y vuelve del trabajo o la escuela. Muchas detenciones parecen ser arrestos sin orden judicial y sin causa probable.

Y nuestras comunidades también respondieron a esta situación: las llamadas a la Línea de Apoyo de WAISN para informar actividades y detenciones, aumentaron más del doble en comparación con 2024, y en 2025 los equipos de Respuesta Rápida de WAISN se activaron más de 200 veces.

La Red de Respuesta Rápida de WAISN es un ecosistema de cuidado y está liderado por personas directamente afectadas, incluyendo inmigrantes de minorías sexuales y transgénero, que suelen ser las primeras víctimas de este sistema cruel de detención y deportación.

Casi una década de experiencia nos ha enseñado que la política que se maneja alrededor de las crisis puede generar un aumento repentino de la atención hacia este trabajo y, con la misma rapidez, una pérdida de interés.

La respuesta rápida, tal y como la practicamos, es una estrategia a largo plazo y garantiza que actuemos más allá de un momento político o social en específico, y que fomentemos la responsabilidad conjunta y la resiliencia de las comunidades.

Hasta la fecha, hemos entrenado a más de 3,000 voluntarios en respuesta rápida, muchos de los cuales ya han comenzado a movilizarse, organizarse y desarrollar estrategias adecuadas a su contexto. Ellos están preparados para documentar y confirmar los reportes de actividad migratoria en nuestras comunidades y para apoyar a las familias afectadas.

Recuerde que no está solo y que todos tenemos derechos constitucionales independientemente de nuestro estatus migratorio. Si ve a un agente de inmigración o si un ser querido ha sido detenido, llame o envíe un mensaje de texto a la Línea de Apoyo de WAISN al 1-844-724-3737 de lunes a viernes de 6 am a 6 pm. Si no hay operadores disponibles cuando llame a nuestra Línea de Apoyo, por favor envíe un mensaje de texto al mismo número indicando el motivo de su llamada y trataremos de darle respuesta de ser posible.

Cuando informe sobre la actividad de inmigración, intente ofrecer todos los detalles y documentación que le sea posible, incluyendo:

  • Fecha y hora del incidente y la actividad
  • Nombre de la calle o descripción del área donde sucedió
  • Fotos y videos de la interacción
  • Descripción de los agentes: ¿Qué estaban haciendo? ¿Cómo se vestían? ¿Qué vehículos estaban presentes?

Nuestra comunidad superará esto manteniéndose informada, asegurándose de que nuestros amigos y vecinos conozcan sus derechos y compartiendo información verificada sobre la actividad de inmigración para evitar miedos innecesarios.

Tenga en cuenta que WAISN está aquí para apoyarle. Nuestros equipos de Respuesta Rápida están listos y nuestra red permanece alerta: fue construida para este momento.

Ante amenazas y ataques a nuestra seguridad colectiva, prevaleceremos porque nos tenemos los unos a los otros.

En solidaridad,

La Red de Solidaridad de Inmigrantes en Washington

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    August 4, 2026  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
    John Dam Plaza, 815 George Washington Way, Richland, WA 99352, USA

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