Legal Resources

Know Your Rights

• NYU School of Law Teach-In and Know Your Rights Presentations​: On November 28th, 2016, the Immigrant Justice Corps and the NYU Immigrant Rights Clinic, together with over 40 co-sponsoring organizations, hosted an Immigrant Rights Teach-In and Know Your Rights Presentation on various topics.

• Immigrant Defense Project (IDP)​ “works to secure fairness and justice for immigrants in the United States.” Their expertise on the intersection of the criminal and immigration legal systems includes the following resources:

  • Know Your Rights Flyer: Who is at risk, what to do if ICE comes to your home or arrest your, what are your rights ​(​available in 16 languages​)

    • Know Your Rights Booklet: What you need to know to protect your rights (​available in English and Spanish​)

  • Know Your Rights Video Series: short videos on how to prepare for an ICE raid and asserting your rights

  • Common ICE Ruses  (​available in English and Spanish​)

  • Home Raids Poster: hang this on your door to remember key rights and details if ICE enters your home! (​available in 7 languages)

  • ICEwatch​, interactive raids map detailing ICE's tactics and reports of raids

  • IDP/MRNY resource on identifying your type of case if detained by ICE (​English​ and ​Spanish​)

  • Defend Against ICE Raids and Community Arrests Toolkit​, (available in English and Spanish)

• We Have Rights ACLU Video series: what to do when ICE is outside your door, is in your home, stops you in your community, and/or arrests you​ (available in 7 languages)

• Mijente Know Your Rights: Prepare Against Raids

• You Have the Right to Remain Silent: A Know Your Rights Guide for Encounters with Law Enforcement