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NWIRP Annual Gala

We are looking forward to gathering with you at our Annual Gala on Friday, May 16th, 2025, at the Westin in Seattle. Enjoy delicious food and drinks, live music, and inspirational stories from the community. Reconnect with friends past and present while raising money at our largest annual fundraiser! Early bird discounted ticket pricing is available until April 4th.

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Know Your Rights

We have compiled several resources to help you understand your rights when interacting with various law enforcement officials and officers. It is important to be aware of your rights and the rights of fellow community members.

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Advisory for Nonprofit Organizations and Social Service Providers Regarding Immigration Enforcement

We have received a number of questions from nonprofit partners, social services providers and other agencies about how they can protect their clients if immigration enforcement agents come to their building/facility or otherwise try to apprehend their clients or community members present at their building/facility. We hope the following information addresses those questions.

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Advisory on DHS Notice of Parole Termination

In April of 2025, attorneys and community members began receiving email notices from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Advising them that they or their client's parole was terminated. We have created an advisory in English and Spanish to help answer questions from attorneys and community members who received these notices.

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Legal Annoucements

Garcia Perez Settlement Agreement

On September 26, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington approved the settlement agreement in Garcia Perez v. USCIS, No. 2:22-cv-00806-JHC. The settlement requires USCIS and EOIR to provide mechanisms that (1) notify asylum applicants about how many days are on their "Asylum EAD Clock" for work permit purposes and (2) allow asylum applicants to challenge clock stoppages. The settlement also provides specific relief to three subclasses regarding certain government policies to ensure the Asylum EAD clocks of those individuals do not stop or restart.

Settlement Agreement
Class Notice
Aviso de Demanda Colectiva (Spanish)
Frequently Asked Questions
Settlement Webinar Slides

Mendez Rojas Settlement Agreement

Mendez Rojas is a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of asylum seekers challenging the federal government’s failure to give them notice of the one-year deadline for filing asylum applications as well as its failure to guarantee them a mechanism through which to abide by that deadline.

On March 29, 2018, the court granted plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and ordered the government to provide notice to class members of the one-year filing deadline and to adopt, publicize, and implement uniform procedural mechanisms that will ensure that class members are able to file their asylum applications in a timely manner. The parties have now reached a settlement agreement for implementing the court’s order.

Final order approving settlement
Notice of proposed settlement in class action lawsuit
Settlement agreement
More Information and Templates

Padilla v. ICE

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has approved a settlement agreement regarding certain class members in Padilla v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, No. 2:18-cv-00928-MJP (W.D. Wash.). The agreement guarantees that individuals who arrive at or enter the United States and express a fear of return to their country of origin must receive a credible fear interview (CFI) within 60 days of being referred for the interview. If the government does not abide by the timeline, then individuals must be placed into removal proceedings under 8 U.S.C. § 1229a, where they can apply for asylum and other relief.

Settlement Agreement
Class Notice
Practice Alert