Justice for immigrant community members

Justicia para miembros de la comunidad inmigrante

Legal Immigration Services of Olympia (LISO) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing affordable, high-quality legal services to immigrants in detention. Based in Olympia, Washington, LISO, in conjunction with a collaborative community effort, serves individuals held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma—one of the largest immigration detention facilities in the country.

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Mission

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At LISO, we provide free or low-cost legal representation to individuals detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, WA.

We are deeply committed to standing with immigrants who are detained. Every day, we see how detention harms people—the pain it causes them, their families, and their communities. The immigration system can leave people feeling alone, unheard, and powerless. That is why we work hard to ensure each person served is treated with dignity and respect.

We defend the right of detained immigrants we serve to stay in the United States—united with their families, rooted in their communities, and able to live with safety, stability, and dignity

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Mexican immigrants had the highest detention rate - 78%

Immigrants of different nationalities had very different representation and detention rates. Mexican immigrants had the highest detention rate (78 percent) and the lowest representation rate (21 percent) of nationalities examined. In contrast, Chinese immigrants had the lowest detention rate (4 percent) and highest representation rate (92 percent).

From the American Immigration Council

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