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:
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
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
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
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