December 11, 2018 Press Release NWDC Resistance
Hunger Strike Begins at Northwest Detention Center with Dozens Refusing Meals / Press Release, NWDC Resistance
Tag Archives: Northwest Detention Center
Temporary Restraining Order Filed Against ICE to Stop Force-Feeding of Hunger Striker / Press Release, NWDC Resistance
September 14, 2018 Press Release, NWDC Resistance
Tacoma, WA- A Temporary Restraining Order against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been filed today by attorneys, Junga Subedar and Edward Alexander in association with the Whatcom Civil Rights Project and the Law Office of Edward S. Alexander, P.S. to prevent ICE from attempting to force feed at least one person on hunger strike. Continue reading
ICE Serves Deportation Notice on Undocumented Leader for Organizing Detained Immigrants / Press Release, NWDC Resistance and Mijente
Click the graphic to access a 1/16/18 article on this topic by Crosscut
January 16, 2018 Press Release, NWDC Resistance and Mijente
The recent deportation notice filed against Washington-based immigrant rights activist and mother, Maru Mora-Villalpando, is a clear sign that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is turning into Trump’s secret police and silencing immigrants who fight back.
Press Conference Tuesday, January 16 at 9 a.m. at 1000 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA
Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) deception leads advocates to investigate ‘cancelled’ mass deportation raids / Press Release, NWDC Resistance
September 9, 2017 Press Release NWDC Resistance
FOIA requests to be filed at Seattle ICE field office
Seattle, WA — Immigrant advocates are not taking ICE officials at their word over this week’s announcement that ICE is scrapping “Operation Mega,” its plan to target and detain nearly 10,000 immigrants over a five-day span beginning September 16.
On Tuesday, September 12, advocates will deliver a FOIA request to the local ICE office, demanding information into the detailed plans for “Operation Mega” and any potential future plans to implement mass immigration raids in Washington State.
Fourteen Cuban Asylum-Seekers Refusing All Food and Water Since Sunday, Launching Fifth Hunger Strike at NWDC this Year / Press Release, NWDC Resistance
Click this screenshot of the video posted on the NWDC Resistance Facebook page to access the video featuring Maru Mora Villalpando talking about the Cuban Nationals that are now on a hunger and water strike at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma
August 29, 2017 NWDC Resistance
For Immediate Release
Fourteen Cuban Asylum-Seekers Refusing All Food and Water Since Sunday, Launching Fifth Hunger Strike at NWDC this Year
“We Came Here Seeking Freedom, and They Have Imprisoned Us”
Tacoma, WA – Fourteen Cubans currently imprisoned at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington have refused all food and drink since Sunday morning. Continue reading
ICE Retaliates Against Youth for Filing Lawsuit / Press Release, NWDC Resistance
August 26, 2017 NWDC Resistance
For Immediate Release August 26, 2017
ICE Retaliates Against Youth for Filing Lawsuit
Mt Vernon, WA- A minor filed a lawsuit against Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) for racially profiling two years ago. As soon as this youth turned 18 years old, ICE threatens him with possible deportation, as soon as next Tuesday. The then 15 years old, AJ (name listed in lawsuit as a minor) had been racially profiled by the Bellingham Police Department (BPD) in a regular traffic stop in Bellingham, WA. Continue reading
Northwest Detention Center on Lockdown Following Guard Beating of 18-Year-Old / Press Release, NWDC Resistance
Profile graphic for the NWDC Resistance Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/NWDCResistance/
August 4, 2017 NWDC Resistance
BREAKING: Northwest Detention Center on Lockdown Following Guard Beating of 18-Year-Old
Even attorneys are being turned away from visiting their imprisoned immigrant clients Continue reading
Elfo asks, why citizen oversight for community safety? Answers become apparent / Noisy Waters Northwest
August 2, 2017 Dena Jensen
On Saturday July 22, 2017 Community to Community Development posted a live-feed of their Family Forum for Community Safety that was held that evening at the Bellingham Public Library.
Near the end of the event, the facilitator, Rosalinda Guillen of Community to Community Devolopment, explained why she was being direct and public with this discussion. She said that people are concerned about the federal government finding ways to impose immigration regulations and to make the county sheriff comply with immigration enforcement. Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo responded, indicating that federal officials had already tried to exert pressure and impose regulations, but that his sheriff’s office had said no and that they would continue to say no to federal mandates. Continue reading
Tacoma Immigrants Demand Moratorium on Deportations as Supreme Court Fails to End Partisan Attack on DAPA / Press Release, #Not1More/NW Resistance
June 23, 2016 Press Release, #Not1More/NW Resistance
Tacoma Immigrants Demand Moratorium on Deportations as Supreme Court Fails to End Partisan Attack on DAPA
What: Press Conference to React to Supreme Court Immigration Decision
Where: NWDC 1623 E J St, Tacoma WA
When: Thursday June 23 at 12PM PT
Who: NW Resistance, Community to Community, Surge Reproductive Justice and members of the immigrant community Continue reading
Lawsuit Served on Bellingham, Mayor, and Police in Racial Profiling Case / Press Release, Latino Advocacy
Click on image to view video in the Bellingham Racial Justice Facebook Group
May 16, 2016 Latino Advocacy
For Immediate Release
Lawsuit Served on Bellingham, Mayor, and Police in Racial Profiling Case
The community joins to highlight BPD’s racial profiling against Latinos, collaboration with immigration officials Continue reading
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