About
La Resistencia is a grassroots organization led by undocumented immigrants and people of color that have been oppressed by the immigration enforcement system. We are based in Washington State working to end the detention of immigrants and stop deportations. Originally founded in March 7th 2014 to support a hunger strike launched by over 1200 people detained in Tacoma to protest their confinement, La Resistencia began under the umbrella of the national #Not1More campaign as “NWDC Resistance.” Today, La Resistencia is led by the experts that know the system better than anyone, those that have been detained or have had relatives in deportation proceedings. We support and engage with people detained at the Northwest Detention Center who organize for their own survival and in protest against the detention and deportation regime. We are a grassroots immigrant led group that organizes across the prison barrier. Our goal is to shut down the NWDC, and to end all detentions and deportations in Washington State.