Legal Immigration Services
of Olympia
Justice for Immigrant Community Members
Justicia para miembros de la comunidad inmigrante
Our Mission
Legal Immigration Services of Olympia (LISO) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free, 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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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%) and the lowest representation rate (21%) of nationalities examined.
From the American Immigration Council
Only 37% of All Immigrants Secured Legal Representation in Their Removal Cases Nationally
Access to counsel is scarce and unevenly distributed across the United States.
From the American Immigration Council
Only 14% of Detained Immigrants Acquired Legal Counsel
Immigrants in detention were the least likely to obtain representation. Only 14 percent of detained immigrants acquired legal counsel, compared with two-thirds of non-detained immigrants.
From the American Immigration Council
