Who We Are

Assisting Families Impacted by Deportation (AFID) is a small organization founded in 2026 dedicated to serving our community in Spokane, WA.

AFID’s Mission

AFID’s mission is to ease the hardships of those under threat of deportation who are currently detained at immigration centers and their families.

AFID’s Values

AFID’s values are rooted in justice, respect, community, collective solidarity, and continued learning.

What We Do

  • Resource sharing and support.
  • Collaboration with Spokane’s many fantastic organizations.
  • Deposit funds into phone and commissary accounts of detained Spokane community members facing deportation.
  • Assistance to families of those detained at immigration detention centers with the risk of deportation.

What We DON’T Do

  • AFID does not offer legal advice.
  • We do not provide financial help for legal fees or bail.
  • We don’t offer assistance filling out immigration-related documents (for example, asylum applications or habeas corpus).

Our Impact

  • We’ve served 12+ community members.
  • We’ve dedicated over 200 volunteer hours fulfilling AFID’s mission.
  • We’ve been able to facilitate over $1,000 to our community members’ emergent needs.

Our Team

Our team is made up of volunteers who are passionate about helping our community and making a difference. If you’re interested in joining our volunteer group, contact us and we’ll let you know the date of our next training.

EIN

AFID is a registered non-profit. Our EIN is 42-2084314.

Land Acknowledgement

Assisting Families Impacted by Deportation (AFID) acknowledges that the land on which we operate and serve our community is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Spokane Tribe, the Kalispel Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, and the Coeur d’Alene tribe, as well as other Indigenous nations who have lived on and stewarded this land for time immemorial.

As an organization committed to justice, we recognize the effects colonial disruption and displacement had and continue to have, and we acknowledge the displacement, violence, and injustice that Indigenous communities have faced and continue to confront.

We appreciate the ongoing connection of these communities to the land, water, resources, and spirit of this region, and we are grateful for the Indigenous peoples’ stewardship of this land for thousands of years.