ADVOCATES FOR IMMIGRANTS IN DETENTION NORTHWEST
Supporting Immigrants with Dignity in Detention and Upon Release
Supporting Immigrants with Dignity in Detention and Upon Release
Detained immigrants call the AIDNW Hotline to request phone funds to contact family, friends, or legal help. Upon request, AIDNW arranges consistent volunteer visits or pen pals for community connections. Other volunteers gather books in various languages, and arts and craft supplies, to relieve the boredom from months or years of confinement.
Released immigrants and asylum seekers are warmly greeted at the AIDNW Welcome Center RV and tents. Volunteers there provide phone access, snacks and beverages, onward travel arrangements to family or sponsors, backpacks, new clothing, document bags, and safe temporary housing as needed. Volunteer drivers transport them to the airport, train, or bus station.
Released immigrants without US-based family or sponsors can stay at the Tacoma AIDNW Hospitality House for up to three months. Volunteer drivers provide newly released asylum seekers with transportation and supportive accompaniment to medical facilities and to partner organizations with specialized long term immigrant services.
Advocates for Immigrants in Detention Northwest (AIDNW), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Tacoma, Washington, assists immigrants and asylum seekers detained in and released from the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington. Upon their release from immigration detention, AIDNW volunteers warmly welcome them to the Pacific Northwest, unite them with their U.S. families or sponsors, provide temporary housing, and connect them to resettlement resources.
Number of immigrant services provided
Number of immigrants welcomed
Volunteer Hours
Migrants served through our Welcome Center