According to recent data from the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network, Whatcom County faces the highest rate of immigration enforcement (per capita) in the state of Washington. In 2025, King County (2.34 million people) reported 153 incidents, with Whatcom County (235,000 people) reported 61.
“In 2025, the WAISN Deportation Defense Hotline documented hundreds of confirmed reports of immigration enforcement activity across 30 of 39 Washington counties, with the highest number of reports in King, Yakima, and Whatcom. The map above is only a small sample of real stories of family separation, surveillance, and intimidation tactics that can have devastating, life altering and sometimes deadly consequences. And our communities responded to this moment: calls to the WAISN Hotline to report activity and detentions more than doubled from 2024, and we had more than 200 WAISN Rapid Response Team activations in 2025.That’s why we have been working to restart regular email updates on immigration enforcement activity to help you and your loved ones stay informed. This work is part of our commitment to demystifying enforcement practices, centering the real experiences of impacted communities, and exposing the violent systems that criminalize forced migration and profit from the caging and deporting of immigrants and refugees.”
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