IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS UNDOCUMENTED:
There is huge regional variation, both between and within states, in the way local governments and law enforcement interact with ICE. There may be critical differences between two adjacent counties. And, it's an ever-changing landscape with both political and legal components. The laws governing the interactions between state and federal agencies are changing practically daily, as state and local governments and courts scramble to understand and mitigate the flood of ill-conceived, irrational, and, in some cases, illegal executive orders coming out of the White House. It's important to understand how ICE interacts with the various law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction where you live. Currently, policies enacted at the county level have the greatest impact on undocumented immigrants.
California has passed legislation to become a sanctuary state. (See SB 54 below) It's important to understand how ICE interacts with government institutions where you live. Know how they interact with the court system (including the family court system), the legal system (including with respect to the reporting of domestic and other crime), the prison system, the school system, the DMV, local and regional politics, social services programs, federal assistance programs, and the healthcare system. You should be able to compare the policies where you live to those in other locations and make an informed decision for your family. The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) (www.ilrc.org in San Francisco produces (and provides for free download) smart, thoroughly researched, and clear analyses of the various local politico-legal frameworks that support either the protection or the deportation of undocumented Americans. Please download and share:
Searching for Sanctuary: An Analysis of America's Counties & Their Voluntary Assistance With Deportations:
https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/sanctuary_report_final_1-min.pdf or below at www.ilrc.org/searching-sanctuary
National Map of Local Entanglement with ICE: Advocacy Tools to Better Understand Local Law Enforcement Involvement in the Deportation Business
https://www.ilrc.org/local-enforcement-map
Local Options for Protecting Immigrants: A Collection of City and County Policies to Protect Immigrants From Discrimination and Deportation
https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/local_options-20170208.pdf
Here are some other legal updates from 2/2017 from ilrc.org :
https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/detainers_legal_update_february_2017.pdf
From ilrc.org:
Removal proceedings to deport noncitizens from the U.S. is a civil – not a criminal – process. As such, local law enforcement officers do not have authority to arrest or detain noncitizens for civil violations of immigration law or hold them post-release pursuant to an ICE detainer. There is no violation of federal law in declining ICE detainers or refusing to provide immigration officials with release date information. Many federal courts have found local detention pursuant to an ICE detainer to be illegal. --If protection from deportation is offered or provided somewhere, find out where to go, who to talk to, and how to secure it if it becomes necessary --Research and make contact with an immigrant advocacy organization before you need them. --Know what to do if you or someone you love is approached, arrested, taken into custody, or deported by immigration enforcement agents. Have a phone number to call for an immigration lawyer. Have a plan in place, just in case. Communicating with family members in detention centers can sometimes be difficult.
From iAmerica.org http://iamerica.org/es/conozca-sus-derechos
Know Your Rights material is available in SPANISH, POLISH, KOREAN, TAGALOG, SIMPLIFIED CHINESE, VIETNAMESE, KHMER, HINDI and HAITIAN CREOLE
Todas las personas en los Estados Unidos, sin importar su estatus migratorio, tienen derechos bajo la Constitución de los Estados Unidos y otras leyes. Asegúrese de conocer sus derechos si usted es contactado por la policía o ICE. Revise la información a continuación para ayudarle a entender cuáles son sus derechos y qué hacer en diferentes situaciones. Enlaces Rápidos: Uste tiene derechos Qué hacer si inmigración o la policía tocan a su puerta Qué hacer si inmigración o la policía le detienen mientras maneja Qué hacer si inmigración o la policía la detienen afuera Qué hacer si inmigración llega a su lugar de trabajo Qué hacer si es arrestado Qué hacer si está en la cárcel Tarjeta de Conozca sus Derechos para guardar en su teléfono móvil Tarjeta de Conozca sus Derechos para imprimir y llevar con usted Soy un ciudadano estadounidense. ¿Qué debo hacer si ICE me interroga, me detiene o me arresta? USTED TIENE DERECHOS Todas las personas que se encuentran en los EE.UU., sean ciudadanos o no, cuentan con ciertos derechos bajo la Constitución de los EE.UU. y otras leyes. Tiene el derecho de rehusarse a dar consentimiento a inmigración o a la policía para que le registren a usted, a su carro o a su casa. Tiene derecho de permanecer en silencio. Si quiere ejercer ese derecho, debe decirlo en voz alta. Si usted no es ciudadano Americano, tiene derecho a llamar al consulado de su país de origen. Inmigración y la policía deben de permitirle a su consulado que le visite o hable con usted. Tiene el derecho de hablar con un abogado antes de contestar cualquier pregunta. Puede decir, “Permaneceré en silencio hasta que hable con un abogado.” No tiene que firmar nada que no entienda.
You have the right to a copy of all your immigration papers.
PLAN DE PROTECCIÓN FAMILIAR: TRANQUILOS, INFORMADOS, PREPARADOS, Y SEGUROS -- TIPS Febrero 2017 Por el Immigrant Legal Resource Cente
No se deje engañar por "notarios" o estafadores. Encuentre un abogado de inmigración de buena reputación o proveedor de servicios legales en su área al introducir su código postal. ¿Tiene próximamente una fecha para presentarse en la corte de inmigración o ha sido ordenado presentarse antes las autoridades de inmigración (ICE)? Si es así, debe de Obtener asesoramiento inmediatamente de una fuente confiable como un abogado de inmigración de buena reputación o una agencia sin fines de lucro. Si todavía no cuenta con un abogado, haga clic aquí para obtener una lista de agencias locales sin fines de lucro que proporcionan asistencia legal gratuita o a bajo costo. Recuerde. No vaya a la corte de inmigración sólo, y no dependa en “notarios” o en alguien más que no cuente con una licencia, le haga falsas promesas, o cobre cuotas excesivas.
From the Immigrant Justice Network: NIPNLG Know Your Rights - travel safety planning, demonstrations & more:
https://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/tools.html
NIPNLG Practice Alert for Lawyers on Trump’s January 25, 2016 EOs:
http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/PDFs/practitioners/practice_advisories/gen/2017_26J an-trump-enforce.pdf � IDP
Know Your Rights: http://www.immdefense.org/ice-home-and-community-arrests/
IDP Defending Against ICE Raids Toolkit:
http://www.immdefense.org/raids-toolkit/ � ILRC
Know Your Rights (English/Spanish/Chinese):
https://www.ilrc.org/know-your-rights-andwhat-immigrant-families-should-do-now
ILRC Red Cards: https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards
Immigrant Justice Network Contacts:
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild: Paromita Shah, paromita@nipnlg.org
Immigrant Defense Project: Alisa Wellek, awellek@immigrantdefenseproject.org
Immigrant Legal Resource Center: Angie Junck, ajunck@ilrc.org
Sanctuary City Toolkit National Immigrant Law Center https://www.nilc.org/issues/immigration-enforcement/sanctuary-city-toolkit/
Sanctuary Campuses: A Sanctuary-Campus Toolkit https://today.law.harvard.edu/wpcontent/uploads/2017/02/Sanctuary-Campus-Toolkit.pdf
The toolkit was created by Harvard Law School's Immigration Response Initiative, in association with The Cosecha Movement, Schell Center for Human Rights at Yale Law School, and the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program at Harvard Law School. The Immigration Response Initiative is a student-led organization at Harvard Law School that was started during a wave of student interest in immigrants’ rights following the 2016 presidential election.
The Cosecha Movement is a non-violent movement working to win permanent protection, dignity, and respect for the 11 million undocumented people living in the United States. #SanctuaryCampus is Cosecha’s campaign to establish college campuses as places of resistance and protection for the migrant community. Along with the movement for sanctuary campuses, Cosecha’s #CosechaFe campaign focuses on organizing religious leaders and people of faith to publicly support immigrants and their #MigrantBoycott campaign will underscore how much the United States economy depends on immigrants.
More info is available at http://www.lahuelga.com/campaigns/
SB-54 The California Values Act
California Senate President, Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), introduced SB-54 in December, 2016. SB 54 bans state and local law enforcement officials from sharing data and performing the functions of a federal immigration officer, requires a warrant for identity confirmation, and creates "Safe Zones" throughout the state which prohibit immigration enforcement on public school, hospital, and courthouse premises.
Read the text of SB-54 below: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54
At the press release:, Senator DeLeon stated:
“To the millions of undocumented residents pursuing and contributing to the California Dream, the State of California will be your wall of justice should the incoming Administration adopt an inhumane and overreaching mass-deportation policy,” said Senator de León. “We will not stand by and let the federal government use our state and local agencies to separate mothers from their children.” “I cannot stand by and allow federal ICE agents to use state and local dollars, data, personnel, and facilities to help deport the very families who contribute so much to our economy and community”
Trump's Executive Actions on Immigration Enforcement
Read the text of both immigration executive orders here:
Here, the Immigrant Justice Network breaks it down: Immigration Enforcement Executive Actions: Interior Enforcement
https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/community-advisory-exec-orders-interior-ijn-final_002.pdf Understanding
Trump's Executive Order Affecting Deportations ...
https://www.nilc.org/issues/immigration-enforcement/sanctuary-city-toolkit/https://www.nilc.org › Issues › Immigration Enforcement
http://iamerica.org/2017-immigration-executive-orders#fight back
If you are not a Native American and your ancestors were not brought here as slaves, you are an immigrant. Be a proud one.