For the week of February 9, 2026

🎙️Feb 9, 2026 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

🔷 Please join us Sunday Feb 15 for Indivisible Eastside’s In Person Group Meeting in Kirkland. Register to attend using the access code ‘indivisible’. The meeting is 3:30-5 pm with a new-member welcome/orientation at 3:00. We will be collecting a number of items. See registration for details.

🔷 There have been a lot of questions about the use of whistles. Indivisible Eastside partners with immigrant led support organizations who work closely with directly impacted communities. Here is a statement from Safe Haven, a coalition of 35 organizations on the Eastside: “Although we respect the decision of WAISN to stop encouraging the use of whistles, we will continue making and distributing the whistles. We consistently hear from community members that the whistle alerts are needed as part of effective hyperlocal rapid response efforts.” If you are able, consider donating to support the whistle program. Groups need to listen to the front-line organizations in their community and decide for themselves what level of preparation is right for them.

🔷 Save the date for the third No Kings event on March 28. The Indivisible Eastside Rally team is busy working on a location and time, and will have more information in the coming weeks, as well as a volunteer signup form specific to No Kings 3.

🔷 Ballot dropboxes are open until 8:00 pm on Feb 10th. Local school districts including Issaquah, Mercer Island, Lake Washington, Northshore, Snoqualmie Valley and Bellevue School Districts have renewal levies on the ballot. These levies fund daily operations, staff, technology, and facility repairs not fully covered by the state. In Issaquah and Mercer Island, the Educational Programs and Operations (EP&O) Levy funds nearly 17% of the budget. Most are not new taxes, but renewals of expiring funding. Links take you to the district FAQs.

Weekly Actions

✊ Action 1 – Stand Strong and United, Demand DHS Reforms

from 5 Calls

Democrats are demanding more targeted language to rein in how ICE and Border Patrol agents behave. They have outlined demands they want incorporated into a DHS funding measure before passage. These demands would require that ICE and Border Patrol make changes including: stop entering private homes without a judicial warrant, remove face masks, have names and badge numbers on all uniforms, and use body cameras for accountability, not tracking. Senate Democrats are also asking DHS to put an end to racial profiling and raids of sensitive sites including: medical facilities, churches, schools, daycare centers, polling places and courts.

Before additional funding is approved for DHS, it is vital that federal agents have a reasonable use of force policy in place and that agents are removed during an investigation when they violate it. Additionally, federal agents should be required to coordinate with local and state governments and those agencies should be given jurisdiction over federal agents who break the law.

In essence, these demands require ICE and Border Patrol to behave like any other law enforcement agency and be held to the same standard. The best case scenario is to defund ICE entirely pending organizational restructuring, and at a minimum, appropriations funding should be eliminated and the slush fund for ICE and Border Patrol repealed. This is all happening in a context where Democrats are demanding accountability from the administration while Republicans try to hide its actions.

Contact your members of Congress and thank them for holding strong and let them know you support their efforts to govern these dangerous and reckless agencies.

Sen. Patty Murray: DC 202-224-2621 | Seattle 206-553-5545 | EMAIL
Sen. Maria Cantwell: DC 202-224-3441 | Seattle 206-220-6400 | EMAIL
Rep. Suzan DelBene (1st): DC 202-225-6311 | Bellevue 425-485-0085 | EMAIL
Rep. Kim Schrier (8th): DC 202-225-7761 | Issaquah 425-657-1001| EMAIL
Rep. Adam Smith (9th): DC 202-225-8901 | Renton 425-793-5180 | EMAIL

☎ Sample Script:

My name is [NAME], and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP] in WA state.

I’m calling to urge [House Rep/Senator] to hold strong in opposition to the continued funding of ICE and Border Patrol in the DHS funding bill until there is accountability and reform. These lawless agencies continue to endanger the American public and must be reined in.

The Democrats have put forth a list of reasonable demands to ensure continued funding of DHS. As a constituent I fully support a strong and united democratic front that ensures these agencies are held accountable and must follow the rules expected of any law enforcement agency.

Thank you for your continued opposition to funding proposals that ignore these crucial demands. It is time for all of Congress to do their job and hold DHS accountable for their harmful actions against the people of this country.

Thank you.

[IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied]

✊ Action 2 – Resist With Your Wallet

from Resist and Unsubscribe

Private prison companies, investment firms, and tech providers continue to exploit U.S. immigration policies for major profits. CoreCivic, GEO Group, and other investors drive detention, surveillance, and policy lobbying, often at the expense of immigrants. This billion-dollar industry shapes enforcement, politics, and oversight, blurring the distinctions between public benefit and corporate gain.

Holding people in physical detention is just one part of the story. Electronic monitoring and surveillance technology are growing rapidly and revenue from for-profit detentions continues to increase. Some big-name tech companies also make money on this business by cashing in on things like facial recognition apps, cell-site simulators, and phone hacking and unlocking technology.

It’s time to take action: resist with your wallet, and join in with the Resist and Unsubscribe boycott. Consumer discretionary spending represents concentrated political power, and non-participation is an act of resistance in a capitalist society. The Resist and Unsubscribe list includes subscription-driven tech companies that have been identified as having an outsized influence over the national economy as well as companies that actively enable ICE and current immigration policy. This explainer video and this article describe the boycott, and detail some of the reasons why economic non-participation can be a highly effective form of resistance with this administration.

Private prisons profit purely from detaining and surveilling people, but the businesses that support them are not immune to public accountability. Consumer advocacy and resistance is a very important part of the democratic process, including economic boycott and protest against corporations directly profiting from this inhumane industry.

⛅ Bright Spots

Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were released on February 1 from the detention Center in Texas where they had been held since January 20, and are now back home in Minnesota. The judge’s ruling in this case challenges the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.
On February 4, the Supreme Court cleared the way for California to use a new congressional map that gives Democrats five additional House seats. California voters approved a ballot measure to allow lawmakers to ⁠adopt this new map in November and this decision honors the will of the voters.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked federal officers from firing tear gas at peaceful protesters near an immigration detention center in Portland, Oregon. This order came just days after federal officers deployed chemical agents and other riot control weapons during peaceful protests where children were seen coughing and flushing out their eyes with water after tear gas filled the streets.

Upcoming Events

Wed Feb 11 – 6-8 pm – WAISN Know Your Rights Training. Online. Register to attend.
Thurs Feb 12 – 12-1 pm PST – What’s the Plan? Zoom call with Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin. Note that this is an ongoing weekly event (using the same registration link), though we don’t list it in every calendar. Recordings are also available.
Sun Feb 15 – 3:30-5 pm – Indivisible Eastside Group Meeting In Person, Kirkland. New Member Welcome 3:00. Sign up to attend and apply access code ‘indivisible’.
Sat Feb 21 – 11-1 pm – Kirkland City Council will hold a Conversations with the Council meeting at Kingsgate Library, 12315 NE 143rd St, Kirkland. These meetings are designed to create more informal, accessible opportunities for community members to connect directly with City Councilmembers.
Sun Feb 22 – 2-3:30 pm – Indivisible Eastside Digital Safety Workshop – online. Register to attend.
Sat Mar 28 – No Kings Eastside – Time and Location TBD

📣 Everyday Actions

See Eastside and Seattle Protests 2026

See Ways to Help our Immigrant Neighbors

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