Allies
American Friends Service Committee - Benjamin Prado in San Diego
Bridges Not Walls
The Coffee Party
Community to Community, Bellingham, WA
Dream Activist Undocumented Students Action & Resource Network
Forks Human Rights Organization - ForksHumanRights@gmail.com
Latino Advocacy
# Not One More Deportation
Oak Bay Starfish - Alex Hepler, "occasionally questioning public policy"
Occupy Port Townsend
The Other 98%
Port Townsend Journal Civic Action
Skagit Immigrant Rights Council
Stop the Checkpoints
United Farm Workers
Support
Port Townsend Police Chief speaks to Chamber - 11/4/08
Letter from Jefferson County Sheriff - 1/12/09
Jefferson County Democrats Resolution - 1/27/09
Support from ordinary citizens
Elected Officials
Maria Cantwell, US Senator from Washington - Tacoma 253 572 2281, Seattle 206 220 6400.
Norm Dicks, US Representative - Port Angeles 360 452 3370, Tacoma 800 947 NORM.
Patty Murray, US Senator from Washington - Seattle 866 481 9186, Tacoma 253 572 3636.
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office ...
... Sheriff Tony Hernandez, 360 385 3831x752; Capt. Mike Stringer, 360 344 9766
Port Townsend Police Department ...
... Chief Conner Daily, 360 385 2322
Well, not elected but U.S. Customs and Border Protection - In Port Angeles, 360 452 5970
Legal Resources
ACLU and Lawsuit
Deportation Manual by the AECF
Detention Watch Network
National Immigration Forum
National Immigration Law Center
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project - News, training, legal help.
OneAmercia - assistance with legal volunteers
WDA's Immigration Project
Women's Refugee Commission How to prepare for an enforcement action.
Media Resources
The Bellingham Herald especially John Stark
Forks 1490 AM KFKB, John Lamb, News Director, 360 504 9989
Forks Forum 360 374 3311 or editor@forksforum.com Chris Cook, editor.
Sequim Gazette Amanda Winters
Peninsula Daily News especially articles by Paul Gottlieb, Jeff Chew and Tom Callis - 360 681 2391, 360 385 2335 or 800 826 7714 x527
Port Townsend Leader especially Allison Arthur and editor, Scott Wilson
Seattle Times especially Lornet Turnbull 206 464 2420
Seattle Weekly especially articles by Nina Shapiro
Other Local Political and News Contacts
Border Patrol Free Zone Decals
Related Issues Resources
Architects & Engineers for 911 Truth
Reader Supported News
Veterans For Peace
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action
Black Mental Heath Matters Resources
Doctoral Program Resources for Minority Students
Background
KOMO News Ken Schram, USA? or USSR?
KUOW Public Meeting on Olympic Peninsula Border Patrol Checkpoints
John keeps and eye on the Border Patrol.
Border Patrol grows, and so do concerns
Jefferson Transit mulls policy in case Border Patrol boards its buses
More than 200 attend forum on Border Patrol in Port Townsend
Border Patrol boards buses
Border Patrol protest
Nearly 400 attend Border Patrol forum
Local police draw line with Border Patrol
Port Townsend police policy draws line with Border Patrol, chief tells chamber
Border Patrol Roadblocks--At What Cost?
ACLU considers lawsuit against Border Patrol
The ACLU Opposes Checkpoints Away From the Border
Why do we care about the Fourth Amendment?
Small-scale pot busts snared in Border Patrol stopst
Charges Dropped Against Pot Patient in Possession at Checkpoint
Additional Background Info
More money, manpower raises Border Patrol activity
North Olympic Peninsula farmers lament lack of migrant workers
Farm Bureau to push for 'essential workers' program
Human side of immigration on Orcas Island
High Border Patrol Agent Charged with Rape
Smash ICE Northwest Detention Center - docushort
Tacoma: ICE Immigration and Customs Enforcement
PA Coast Guard Air Station gets 3 new helicopters with aircraft mounted guns
Checkpoints Stick in Forks' Craw
Border Patrol Roadblocks Rattle Olympic Peninsula
U.S. border patrol spot checks fluster San Juans
Border Patrol maps three sites for highway checkpoints on North Olympic Peninsula
Border Patrol immigration checkpoints like Hood Canal Bridge to be more common
Border Patrol sets dangerous precedent with checkpoints
Blaine border crossing featured in new ABC TV show
Postville, IA ICE Raid and chilling testimony before Congress
Seven Immigrants Taken in Forks in BP traffic Stop, 3/24/07.
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