How Adelante Mujeres Supports Families Impacted by Immigration Enforcement
Across our community, immigration enforcement activities are creating fear, uncertainty, and real disruptions to daily life. At Adelante Mujeres, we believe no family should face this alone. During this time of violence and turmoil, we continue to show up with compassion by offering trusted support, clear information, and a steady presence when it matters most.
Below are the key ways Adelante Mujeres is supporting families and communities impacted by immigration enforcement activities:
Adelante Mujeres, along with Centro Cultural, are the Oregon for All Regional Leads for Rapid Response in Washington County. Rapid Response involves three moments (Adelante Mujeres is mainly focusing on 1 and 3):
education and resilience building before a detention
mobilization of MigraWatch, legal observers, and verifiers during incidents
connection to services post-detention.
In the last month and a half, Adelante Mujeres has received $122,500 from Washington County, the City of Forest Grove, the City of Cornelius, and the Oregon Food Bank. Each fund has specific stipulations, but there are two important ones to highlight:
funds are to be used for residents of WashCo or the specific cities where funds are coming from, and
funds are designed to support primarily households who are directly impacted by separation/detention (households with a family member being detained or deported).
Adelante Mujeres has a webpage with immigration resources and a referral form where community members can request services. Once we receive the form, a team member from Leadership & Advocacy will call, assess your needs, and refer you to the appropriate level of service.
Our post-detention services include:
Phone call to families: Our Embajadoras de Inmigración call families to orient them about the detention process and provide them with information and immediate resources. Families receive initial emotional support and
are then internally referred to our Clínica Esperanza for medium to long-term case management.
Equity Corps of Oregon (ECO) immigration legal services: Through our community-based navigator, we can navigate detainees, not previously registered from Washington County in a short amount of time in the ECO system so they can access legal services.
Case management: Community Health Workers (CHW) provide resource
navigation to food, basic needs, utility assistance, access to mutual aid groups and other services as available. In the coming weeks, we will also have limited rental assistance support for vulnerable families.
Mental Health Support: Clínica Esperanza provides mental health services via one-one counseling and group support. Families need to be uninsured or have OHP insurance. We support with enrollment insurance if needed.
Our pre-detention services include:
Family Preparedness Plans and Know your Rights workshops: Please complete this form to request a session for community groups such as schools, churches, associations, businesses, etc.
Notary services: Starting on January 9, 2026, you can complete this form if you are an Adelante Mujeres participant in need of notary services for documents related to family plans and other immigration documents and forms. This service will expand for community in general in February or March.
Pre-registration for ECO legal services: We are currently building a system to support more families with navigations in the ECO system, for pre-registration to access a lawyer in case of detention. It does not guarantee immediate access to a lawyer if a detention occurs, however, it is the best free system we currently have in Oregon. We know this system is saturated and experiencing delays, and we will share updates as we have them. For now, please encourage Adelante Mujeres participants to continue to call ECO at 1-888-274-7292.
MigraWatch trainings: We partner with PIRC to provide MigraWatch trainings to community members who want to be on-the-ground as verifiers. We also provide other levels of trainings for groups interested in MigraWatch but are not necessarily on the ground. Please use this form to request a session.
We are committed to meeting our participants where they are. With this in mind, we have an adaptive approach to providing services. We understand we can’t do it all or do it all alone, therefore we will make changes as needed. We will continue to listen, respond, and advocate alongside the families we serve, today and into the future.