Get Involved

Every Person has a Role

Together we can support our neighbors

We can address the rising fear in our community by getting involved personally in supporting our immigrant neighbors. Families belong together and need to feel safe.  Concerned community members can play a vital role in building networks of support and protection.

Concerned about Immigrant Detention in Yakima County?

What YOU Can Do!

  1. Get to know and befriend an immigrant to the U.S.
  2. Write a Letter to the Editor of the Yakima Herald Republic expressing your concerns.
  3. Contact your County Commissioner and tell them you don’t support participating in the separation of local families
  4. Share you concerns with your City Council member.
  5. Contact your elected state and federal reps to tell them you don’t support ICE’s deportation of law abiding immigrants.
  6. Support local organizations that help immigrants: La Casa Hogar, Nuestra Casa, Poder Latinx, Ella.
  7. Join YIRN’s efforts to support immigrant communities in Yakima.
  8. Speak up in conversations and share the facts about immigration.
  9. If you have a story or know an immigrant with a story, share your story and encourage others to share.
  10. Join the mailing lists of immigration-related advocacy groups that support reform to learn more.
  11. Sponsor a presentation or community event.
  12. Attend upcoming Trainings by WAISN and YIRN.
  13. Accompany immigrants to court dates.
  14. Join a Rapid Response Team to observe ICE encounters in our community
  15. Contribute to the Fair Fight Bond Fund so that an immigrant can fight their immigration case while home with their family rather than in detention. wwwfairfightbondfund.org

Join a Workgroup

At our Community Listening Session, held in January, 2025 in Wapato, we formed Workgroups around topics of interest to the 110+ participants.

  • Know Your Rights
  • Family Safety Planning
  • Rapid Response / Deportation Defense
  • Accompaniment
  • Faith Communities
  • Yakama Nation
  • Schools
  • Government Relations
  • Advocacy / Direct Action
  • Communications
  • Medical

If you’d like to join one of these workgroups, please contact us.