Know Your Rights for Immigrant Families
Trump’s plans for mass deportation of immigrants and to get rid of birthright citizenship requires careful planning for immigrant families.
‘No one can pray or will their way to legal status’: Advice from immigration lawyers By Hannan Adely, NorthJersey.com Dec. 10, 2024
Planning for Potential Immigration Policy Changes in 2025 from CAIR WA https://www.cairwa.org/blog/planning-for-potential-immigration-policy-changes-in-2025/
Step-by-Step Family Preparedness Plan from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center Every family should have a Family Preparedness Plan in case of an emergencyThis toolkit is divided into different sections that give guidance on family preparedness planning, regardless of immigration status. It gives additional advice to undocumented and/or mixed status families.
https://www.ilrc.org/resources/step-step-family-preparedness-plan
Know Your Rights: Immigrants’ Rights from the ACLU (Multiple languages) Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.
https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/immigrants-rights
Know Your Rights Under the U.S. Constitution – No Matter Who Is President from the American Immigration Lawyers Association
https://www.nilc.org/resources/everyone-has-certain-basic-rights/
Take these 10 Precautions Before Trump Takes Office by Glenn Magpantay
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/take-10-precautions-before-trump-takes-office-glenn-d-magpantay-qymze
Know Your Rights Handouts: If ICE Visits a Home, Employer, or Public Space from the American Immigration Lawyers Association
https://www.aila.org/library/know-your-rights-handouts-if-ice-visits-public
Get help in New York from
- NYS Office for New Americans: The Office for New Americans serves immigrants and refugees who call New York State their home. They have a toll-free, multi-lingual hotline: 1 (800)-566-7636. The hotline provides live assistance in more than 200 languages. Anyone can call the hotline for information and referrals, regardless of citizenship or documented status. Calls to the hotline are confidential and anonymous. The hotline operates from 9 AM to 8 PM, Monday through Friday (excluding Federal holidays). https://dos.ny.gov/office-new-americans-0
- Make the Road NY: Make the Road builds the power of immigrant and working-class communities to achieve dignity and justice. You can contact https://maketherodny.org/
- New York Immigration Coalition: This umbrella policy & advocacy organization represents over 200 immigrant and refugee rights groups throughout New York. They can connect you to the relevant services if you are an immigrant and/or asylum seeker. Contact them here. https://www.nyic.org/our-work/immigrant-rights/
- Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) Legal Referral Service in English, Chinese, or Korean. https://legalreferral.aabany.org/