Immigration and Civil Rights

Know Your Rights

• What do you do if you are stopped by the police? What are your rights as immigrants? Protestors? Disabled persons? To find out more, check out these resources published by the American Civil Liberties Association: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/

• How will immigration detention and ICE raids be affected by the pandemic? Can I get arrested for not “sheltering in place”? How can I support someone arrested while I am under quarantine or sheltering in place? What are my rights under travel bans and closed borders? To find out more, check out these resources published by the National Lawyers Guild: 

  https://www.nlg.org/know-your-rights/

  https://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/communityres.html

  As well as with these resources published by the National Immigration Law Center:

  https://www.nilc.org/get-involved/community-education-resources/know-your-rights/

• The Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) Campaign is dedicated to support immigrants with what they need to know to make the best decision for themselves and for their families on topics such as public benefits, housing, food assistance and healthcare. Translations are available in: Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, French, Haitian, Hindi, Hmong, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese: https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.org/know-your-rights/

Immigration Pro Bono Organizations

• Legal Aid Society: https://legalaidnyc.org/get-help/immigration-deportation/

• The Door: https://door.org/legal-services-center/

• Black Alliance for Just Immigration: www.BAJI.org.  

• New York based organizations: https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/legaldirectory/search?state=NY 

• You can ask the immigration court or the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for a list of immigration attorneys who provide pro bono legal support.