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2020
March 2020, COVID-19
- La Resistencia Press Releases:
- Democracy Now: Immigrant Women Launch Hunger Strike in Tacoma, WA as COVID-19 Cases Rise in Immigration Jails
- KUOW: A caravan protests outside the Tacoma immigrant detention center
- Tacoma News Tribune:
- Seattle Times: ICE releases some detainees from Tacoma center, but advocates say coronavirus outbreak is inevitable
2019
October 2019, Shut Down the NWDC Campaign
- Crosscut: Tacoma officials balk at activist pressure to close immigration detention center
- KBOO Radio: Abolishing the Northwest Detention Center
- LA Times: The Northwest turns up the heat on ICE, making it harder to arrest and deport immigrants
- Seattle Times: ‘Never Again is Now’ for Japanese Americans protesting immigration jail in Tacoma
- The Union Journal: Once Put In Concentration Camps, Japanese Americans Rally For Detained Immigrants
- Video: “What About Our Anguish?”: ShaCorrie Tunkara on her husband Saja’s Detention and Deportation
- The Stranger: Turning Up the Heat to #MeltICE
September 24, 2019, NWDC Rebranding
August 2019
- Seattle Globalist: Seattle rally against ICE calls out border camps, family separations
July 2019, #NoTechForICE
April 2019, King County Airport & ICE
- Center for Human Rights UW: Hidden in Plain Sight: King County Collaboration with ICE Air Deportation Flights at Boeing Field
- In These Times: This Community Stopped ICE From Using Its Airport To Deport Thousands of Immigrants
- Crosscut: Boeing Field rejects ICE flights — where will they land now?
2018
June 5, 2018 #ChingaLaMigra Mijente Tour and Shut Down Action
- Press Release
- Download our Seattle’s Epicenter of Deportations One Pager
- Watch Mijente’s Chinga La Migra Tour Episode 1: Seattle
- South Seattle Emerald: Can Seattle Really Call Itself a Sanctuary City?
- The Globalist: Immigration activists form human chain at Seattle ICE offices
- The Stranger: Here’s Why Anti-ICE Protesters Blocked Downtown Traffic This Morning
February 2018 Hunger Strikes
- Download the Week of Hunger Strike Poster!
- Feb 10 Press Release: Retaliation by Geo Against Hunger Strikes Leaves Two Injured
- Feb 7 Press Release: Over 100 People Detained in ICE Custody Begin Hunger Strike and Work Stoppage Inside the Northwest Detention Center
February 4th, 2018: Third Annual People’s Tribunal against the Immigration System and the Northwest Detention Center:
2017
September 20, 2017: Hunger Strike Victory: Washington State files suit against GEO Group, owner and operator of NW Detention Center in Tacoma
September 2017 Hunger Strike News
- 9/4/2017: A Dozen Continue on Hunger Strike in NWDC Cuban Asylum Seekers Face Force Feeding and Solitary Confinement
- 9/2/2017: Detained Asylum Seeker on Hunger Strike Collapses from Dehydration: ICE told Cuban Asylum Seekers that they could be imprisoned for months
- 8/29/2017: Fourteen Cuban Asylum-Seekers Refusing All Food and Water Since Sunday, Launching Fifth Hunger Strike at NWDC this Year
August 25, 2017: ICE Retaliates Against Youth for Filing Lawsuit
August 2017 Hunger Strike News
- NWDCResistance Press Release:
June 2017 Hunger Strike
- NWDCResistance Press Release:
- 6/20/2017: Call to Action
- 6/19/2017: Activist Goes on Hunger Strike Outside the Northwest Detention Center
- The Stranger: Immigrant Advocates Will Take Up Hunger Strike to Protest Treatment Inside Northwest Detention Center
April 2017 Immigrants held at Northwest Detention Center Launch Hunger Strike
- NWDCResistance Press Releases:
- 5/4/2017: Despite Threats and Retaliation, Hunger Strikers Continue Protest ICE Ignores Demands for Improved Conditions
- 5/1/2017: On National Day of Protest, Immigrant Uprisings at Northwest Detention Spreads to Oregon Jail that Contracts with ICE
- 4/28/17: Over Fifty Detainees Continue On Hunger Strike as Public Pressure Grows Against NWDC
- 4/25/17: Detainees Begin Third Week on Hunger Strike because GEO Lied in Negotiations, Call on City of Tacoma to Address Worsening Conditions
- 4/19/17: Hunger Strike Continues at Northwest Detention Center As GEO Retaliates With Worsening Food
- 4/18/17: CALL TO ACTION Support Hunger Strikers Fighting Worsening Detention Conditions Under Trump
- 4/14/17: Seventy Detained Women Join Protest as Hunger Strike Enters Fifth Day
- 4/13/17: Hunger Strike Reaches 72 Hours at Tacoma Immigration Prison
- 4/12/17: More than 750 Immigrants Join Hunger Strike at Tacoma Immigration Prison Detained Immigrants Also Initiate Work Stoppage to Protest their Conditions
- 4/10/17: Immigrants held at Northwest Detention Center Launch Hunger Strike to Protest their Conditions
- Pictures of the Hunger Strikers’ Demand Letter in Spanish and English 1, 2.
- Download a Transcript of the Hunger Strikers’ Demands
- The Cascadia Advocates: Detainees at NWDC immigration prison revive hunger strike in response to abuse
- The Daily Beast: 750 Immigrants Hunger Strike Against ICE
- Democracy Now! 4/14: 700 Immigrants on Hunger Strike at For-Profit Prison to Protest Conditions & $1/Day Wages
- Democracy Now! 4/12: 400+ Prisoners at Tacoma, WA, Immigrant Prison Launch Hunger Strike
- Enough is Enough: Supporters Rally as Immigrants Launch Hunger Strike
- It’s Going Down: Supporters Rally as Immigrants Launch Hunger Strike at Detention Facility
- It’s Going Down: Support Hunger Strikers Fighting Worsening Detention Conditions Under Trump
- Karani: Immigrants Held at Northwest Detention Center Launch Hunger Strike to Protest the Conditions Inside the Geo Group Inc. Facility
- Karani: Voices from Inside the Wall: Tacoma Northwest Detention Center Hunger Strike 2017 Audio
- KGW8: Detainees at ICE Tacoma facility announce hunger strike
- KIRO7: Activists say immigrants at Tacoma detention center on hunger strike
- KOIN6: Ice detainees launch hunger strike in Tacoma
- KUOW: Immigrants go on hunger strike at Tacoma detention center
- KUOW: Immigrants are paid $1 a day to work in Tacoma jail. That may be illegal
- Latino Rebels: Immigrants Held at Northwest Detention Center Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Their Conditions
- The News Tribune: 100-plus immigrants detained in Tacoma on hunger strike, activists say
- The News Tribune: NWDC Resistance announces a hunger strike by detainees
- The Olympian: 100-plus immigrations detained in Tacoma on hunger strike, activists say
- Patch: Hunger Strike at Northwest Detention Center: Over 400 ICE Detainees Participate
- Puget Sound Anarchists: Supporters Rally as Immigrants Launch Hunger Strike NWDC
- Rising Up with Sonali: Hundreds Protest Immigrant Detention Center Near Seattle
- The Seattle Times: Hunger strike at Tacoma immigration detention center grows to 750, activist says
- Seattle Weekly: Detainees Launch New Hunger Strike at Northwest Detention Center
- The Stand: Hunger strikers decry conditions at Tacoma detention center
- The Stranger: An Immigrant Detainee at Tacoma Northwest Detention Center Tells Us Why He’s On Hunger Strike
- The Stranger: “I Feel Light Headed, Funky”: The Hunger Strike at Tacoma’s Immigrant Detention Center Continues
- The Stranger: After ICE Fails to Meet Basic Demands, Immigrant Women Relaunch Hunger Strike at Northwest Detention Center
- Telesur: 100 Immigrants Go on Hunger Strike in Tacoma Detention Center
- Telesur: Abused and ‘Forgotten,’ Half of Detainees at For-Profit ICE Prison Join Hunger Strike
- Univision: Más de 400 inmigrantes están en huelga de hambre en un centro de detención del ICE, según activistas
- Willamette Weekly: Activists Claim Hunger Strike At Regional ICE Lockup In Tacoma
April, 2017 Hunger Strikers Handbook // Un Manual del Manual Huelgista
- Visit the Website: www.hungerstrikershandbook.org
- Download in English
- Download in Spanish
February 26, 2017 Second People’s Tribunal Against the Immigration System and the Northwest Detention Center
- Download the Findings Here
2016
November, 2016 For my Family: Emergency Planning Guides
- Download in English: Family Plan
- Download in Spanish: Plan Familiar
October, 2016 Solidarity with Standing Rock
June 23rd, 2016 No DAPA, No Deportations!!
- Tacoma Tribunal: Tacoma immigrant community pushes back against Supreme Court decision
- Democracy Now!: Undocumented Mother & U.S. Citizen Daughter Call on Obama to Stop Deportations Despite SCOTUS Ruling
- PRI: Supreme Court, one justice short, ties on immigration. Advocates want Obama to keep pushing.
- NWDCR press conference: https://www.facebook.com/marumorav/videos/10154942882158332/
- Buzzfeed: After Supreme Court Setback, Activists to Focus on Stopping Deportations and Detentions
May 2016, ICE-Free Zone Flyers
March 7, 2016 DUMP TRUMP Road Blockade, Lynden, WA
- Mijente: Washington Residents Use Trump Rally to Remember Native American Land
- Democracy Now!: #StopTrump Protesters Lock Themselves to Ladders to Block Traffic Outside Trump Rally in Washington
March 7, 2016 #MamasDay NWDC Resistance collaboration with CultureStrike, Presente.org, Forward Together, and Strong Families
- Mama’s Day Cards: Send a card
- Bitch Media: Artists Made Gorgeous, Free “Mamas Day” Cards for all Families.
February 6, 2016 People’s Tribunal against the Immigration System and the NWDC:
- Hearing information in Spanish: Hearing of the Detention Center Tribunal SPA
- Hearing information in English: Hearing of the Detention Center Tribunal ENG
2015
September 21, 2015 NW Detention Center Blockade:
- Seattle Globalist: Why gender and climate justice are inextricable
- Univision: Activistas bloquean acceso a reclusorio de inmigrantes indocumentados
- La Raza: Bloquean acceso a cárcel de ICE en Tacoma
- The Bellingham Herald: Activists block streets around Tacoma detention center to protest deportations, detention
- U.S. Uncut: This Tea-Sipping Grandma and Her Friends Just Shut Down an Immigrant Deportation Facility
- Grist: Climate activists help stop deportations at Tacoma detention center
- The Stranger: Protesters Are Blocking Three Exits at One of the Biggest Immigrant Detention Centers in the US Right Now
- The News Tribune: Activists block streets around Tacoma detention center to protest deportations, detention
- Free Speech Radio News: Activists block access points to for-profit immigration detention center in Tacoma
- Sputnik International: US Activists Block Roads Near Detention Center
- Earth First Journal: BREAKING: Activists Locked Down Outside Tacoma Detention Center
- Common Dreams: Rights Campaigners Form Human Blockade to Stop Deportations
2014
THE STRANGER 12/12/2014: Seattle Human Rights Commission Gives Award to Immigrant Prisoners in Tacoma
RADIO BILINGÜE 11/25/14: “No nos dividirán” dice activista
DEMOCRACY NOW! 11/21/14: Obama’s Action Marks Historic Victory for Immigrant Rights, but Activists Warn of a Long Way to Go
ASSOCIATED PRESS 11/21/14: Immigrant advocate: Many left out by Obama action
THE STRANGER BLOG (SLOG) 8/1/14: Immigrant Placed in Solitary Confinement as Hunger Strike Hits Tacoma Detention Center, Again
THE NATION 5/23/14: Why Immigrant Detainees Are Turning to Civil Disobedience
CROSSCUT 4/28/14: How Tacoma’s immigration protest spawned a national fight
SEATTLE TIMES 3/19/14: What’s behind the hunger strike at Northwest Detention Center
UNIVISION: Activistas agradecen que Obama revise las deportaciones pero piden que las detenga ahora
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La Resistencia
Supporting those facing detention & deportation inside the NWDC to end all detentions & deportations. Apoyando a les que enfrentan detención y deportación en NWDC y acabar con todas las detenciones y deportaciones
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La Resistencia remains committed to following people in detention, and remembering that what we do outside affects detained peoples safety and well being. Listen in as someone from inside NWDC shares the retaliation faced this weekend, and join us as we continue our work to shut down the detention center. #ShutdownNWDC #FreeThemAll #ChingaLaMigra #AbolishICE #abolishgeogroup
On August 4th, La Resistencia volunteers observing the deportation flights at King County Airport informed us that there was a deportation flight in the afternoon![]()
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17 People came off the plane to be detained at Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. And 49 people boarded the plane to be transferred or deported.![]()
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#AbolishICE #abolishgeogroup #ChingaLaMigra #ShutdownNWDC #FreeThemAll
☀️ During the month of July, people detained in the infamous Northwest Detention Center received this zine from La Resistencia. ![]()
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🎨✉️ Thanks to our volunteers for their art contributions, for helping fold zines, and mailing them out to hundreds of people. (Cover by headandhandmade and other artwork by Anonymous) ![]()
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✍️ What is YOUR message for people detained in the NWDC? Comment below ⬇️ ![]()
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#ShutdownNWDC #AbolishICE #abolishgeo #ChingaLaMigra #FreeThemAll
Felix is currently being held at the Northwest Detention Center. He is one of our many Free Them All campaigns![]()
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“My name is Felix Vladimir Ponce Alvarez. I am from El Salvador and I have been living in Seattle, Washington since 2002 and I am a father of 3 children. A 22 year old daughter, a 17 year old son, and my youngest little daughter who is only 10 months old.![]()
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I have been in ICE and GEO custody since February 24, 2026. Inside this detention center, conditions are poor. Many people get sick often, who were healthy before. I have been sick 4 times since February. The guards are often cruel, intentionally humiliating the people here. But beyond that, I want to mention 10 things out of many that money cannot buy. This is my story, all of it because my freedom was taken away.![]()
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I was doing my regular report with ICE, but they arrested me without clear reason.”![]()
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Read more of his story to take action and help sign the petition to Free Felix Ponce Alvarez: actionnetwork.org/petitions/free-felix-vladimir-ponce-alvarez/![]()
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#AbolishICE #AbolishGEOGROUP #ChingaLaMigra #ShutdownNWDC #FreeThemALL
La Resistencia team just came back from our annual retreat in Forks WA to rest, refocus and plan for the major changes we are facing in the immigration landscape. We also visited our friends at Comite de Derechos Humanos Forks and heard about their incredible work supporting immigrants in Forks. Thank you for your patience while we catch up with your calls and messages!