In February 2025, Local 443 passed a Migrant Sanctuary Union Resolution creating our Migrant Solidarity Subcommittee. This subcommittee is responsible for advocating for immigrants and immigrants’ rights within our union, through work including hosting Know Your Rights and Rapid Response trainings, sharing resources with union members, and creating partnerships with immigrant rights groups. The Migrant Solidarity Subcommittee meets every second Thursday of the month at 6pm over Zoom. Please reach out to solidarity@wfselocal443.org for more information. 

 

Below are resources for immigrant members and their families.

 

DID YOU KNOW? WFSE’s 2025-2027 Collective Bargaining Agreements prohibit discrimination based on race, national origin, and citizenship/immigration status and allow for sick leave to be used for immigration appointments for members and their families. 

 

Know Your Rights

• Printable Flyer: Interacting with Immigration Enforcement (available in multiple languages): https://waisn.org/kyrice/  

• Red Cards: WFSE Local 443 has Know Your Rights red cards available in 11 languages (see below). Any member can request red cards by emailing solidarity@wfselocal443.org. 

Spanish                                        Ukrainian

Vietnamese                                Russian

Khmer                                          Hindi

Tagalog                                        Punjabi

Chinese                                        Arabic 

Korean

Ukrainian

• ICE Alert Whistles: https://linktr.ee/wa.whistles. Any member can request whistles by emailing solidarity@wfselocal443.org. 

 

Family & Emergency Preparedness

• Accompaniment for immigration appointments: Contact AGUA at (360) 200-8890 or agua.of.oly@gmail.com 

• Toolkit to develop a Family Safety Plan: https://lcycwa.org/isp 

• Notary services: We know of notaries who can provide services for no cost. Please email solidarity@wfselocal443.org and we can coordinate a request.

 

Organizations in the Puget Sound and Southwest Washington

• Mi Chiantla (Olympia) – support for students and families and basic needs: https://michiantla.org/ 

• WA Together (Olympia) – support for students and families: https://watogether.org/ 

• Multicultural Service Center of South Sound (Olympia) – English classes and citizenship assistance: https://mscss.org/ 

• Accompaniment Group for Unity and Action (AGUA) (Olympia) – accompaniment to immigration appointments and connections to local immigrant resources: agua.of.oly@gmail.com 

• LISO – Legal Immigration Services of Olympia (Olympia): https://www.lisowa.org/ 

• Plaza Esperanza (Shelton) – support with basic needs: https://www.faithshelton.org/hopeplaza-plazaesperanza 

• League of United Latin American Citizens (Vancouver) – youth programs, Know Your Rights, legal clinics: https://lulacvancouver.org/ 

• Firelands Workers United / Trabajadores Unidos (Aberdeen) – support for rural Washingtonians: https://www.firelandswa.org/ 

 

Legal Resources

• LISO – Legal Immigration Services of Olympia (Olympia): https://www.lisowa.org/ 

• Northwest Immigrant Rights Project: www.nwirp.org 

• Immi – https://www.immi.org/en/Info/FindLegalHelp 

• American Immigration Lawyers Association –  Referral Service: www.aila.org 

• Immigration Advocates Network: www.immigrationadvocates.org 

• Immigration Law Help: www.immigrationlawhelp.org 

• National Immigration Project: www.nationalimmigrationproject.org 

 

Work and Financial Resources

• Foundation for Working Families – Hardship Assistance fund: https://wslc.org/ffwf/ 

• Fair Fight Bond Fund  – funds to release immigrants from detention: https://waisn.org/what-we-do/deportation-defense/fair-fight-bond-fund/ 

• Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) for Immigrants: https://waisn.org/paid-family-and-medical-leave-for-immigrants-brochure/ 

• Paid Sick Leave for Immigrants: https://waisn.org/paid-sick-leave-for-immigrants-brochure/ 

 

Need additional support?

• Thurston County Resources: Community Resources | Thurston County 

• WA Immigration Solidarity Network (WAISN) Resource Finder: https://resources.waisn.org/ 

• WAISN Deportation Defense Hotline: 1-844-724-3737. The hotline can provide information about rights with immigration authorities (ICE or CBP), employers, landlords, or healthcare providers; accompaniment to immigration court or a bond hearing; or referrals to services such as deportation defense, civil legal aid, rent support, food, baby supplies, and local immigrant support networks. 

• Commission on Hispanic Affairs Resource Hub: https://www.cha.wa.gov/rapid-response-hub 

• Commission on Asia Pacific American Affairs Immigration Resources: https://capaa.wa.gov/resources/immigration-anti-deportation-naturalization-resources 

• UndocuBlack Network: https://undocublack.org/