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Immigrant Health Survey

Please complete the WAISN Health Access Survey whose goal is to to collect information to improve the health and wellbeing of immigrants in Washington state

Washington Worker Relief Fund

Eligibility Criteria to Be Consider for the Fund: 

• Are a Washington resident;
• Are at least 18 years of age;
• Have experienced hardship due to the pandemic; and 
• Are ineligible to receive unemployment insurance compensation or federal stimulus dollars due to immigration status.  

Form of Aid: One-time cash grants in the form of checks, pre-paid cards & electronic checks

Amount of Aid: $1,000 per qualifying adult – $3,000 limit/household

APPLY Before December 6, 2020 – Washington State COVID-19 Immigrant Relief Fund

COVID-19 Health Information in Spanish

Coronavirus Benefits for People without Immigration Status in Washington State – English
Información sobre las prestaciones de asistencia publica para personas sin estatus migratorio – Español

Please share with community members who may not have access to information in Spanish.

Proteccion en su empleo en el tiempo de 19

Cómo usar una mascarilla volante

Guia de capacitación sobre COVID-19 para los empleadores

Pruebas para trabajadores volante

Trabaje sano volante

Viajando y COVID-19 volante

Mantén COVID-19 uera del trabajo volante

COVID-19 Endangers Immigrants in Detention

Resolution and Precautionary Measure regarding Northwest Detention Center – Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Organization of American States, July 27, 2020  NEW

ICE under pressure to release detainees threatened by coronavirus – The Hill, April 1, 2020

‘Any day the sickness will arrive.’ ICE detainees in Tacoma brace for coronavirus – KUOW / NPR – April 1, 2020

Courts’ Responses to the Covid-19 Crisis – Brennan Center for Justice, March 30, 2020

We Are Like Sitting Ducks – The Atlantic, March 28, 2020

ICE Is Ignoring Recommendations to Release Immigrant Detainees to Slow the Spread of Coronavirus – Mother Jones, March 20, 2020

13 changes to the US immigration system during the coronavirus pandemic – CNN, March 20, 2020

What coronavirus means for tens of thousands of people in ICE custody – CNN, March 19, 2020

‘Recipe For Disaster:’ The Spread Of Coronavirus Among Detained Populations  – MSNBC, March 18, 2020

Groups ask court to order ICE to release sick, elderly immigrants at risk of coronavirus – CBS News, March 16, 2020

ICE Flights to Yakima

Press Release: One Year Anniversary of ICE Air Flights to Yakima – May 5, 2020

Once  a week for over a year, ICE transfers detainees to/from border towns through the Yakima airport.

Learn more about the ICE Flights through Yakima.

Training Community Allies

Raid Response Verifiers and Accompaniment Training in Yakima Valley

We are planning several upcoming Trainings in Yakima and the Lower Valley in the coming months. If you want to attend, please contact us.

What Does YIRN Do?

Support our Immigrant Communities through:

• Bearing Witness at Incoming ICE Air Flights
• Raid Verification Observer Training
• Promoting the WAISN Hotline
• Employers Rights Information
• Know Your Rights presentations
• Family Safety Packet Workshops
• Networking to share resources