Immigrant Support Networks Step Up as ICE Enforcement Rises and Fear Grips Communities | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

Immigrant Support Networks Step Up as ICE Enforcement Rises and Fear Grips Communities | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

Credit: Markus Spiske on Unsplash In 2025, the volume of calls to the emergency hotline at Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN) more than doubled. The hotline received over 12,000 calls in a year, up from nearly 5,000 the year before. In the first week after Donald Trump’s inauguration, more than 600 calls came in. Brenda Rodríguez López, executive director of WAISN, said some callers want legal advice or to report a sighting of immig…