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Immigration Rights

Families Belong Together March w. Lin-Manuel Miranda 2018.

Protect your loved ones and neighbors

Stop the cruel Mass Deportation Plan

What to do if ICE shows up at your home +

Keep calm!
You have constitutional rights.

DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR.
No one can enter your home without your consent:

“I will not open the door if I do not have a court order signed by a judge or magistrate.”
If ICE enters your home, say:
“I DO NOT consent to the search.”

Exercise your right to remain silent!

“I will not answer any questions and I exercise my right to remain silent."

DO NOT SIGN ANY DOCUMENTS:

“I will not sign any documents without first speaking to my lawyer.”

Keep calm and it is better to remain silent

(any incorrect information can harm you)

If officers come to my house, how do I know they are from ICE?

ICE agents will often pretend to be police officers and say they want to talk to you about an issue such as identity theft or a case they are investigating.

If they say “WE ARE THE POLICE,” ask them to slide your card or warrant under the door or show it through the window.

Do I have to let ICE or the police into my house?

You do NOT have to let ICE or the police in unless they have a warrant signed by a judge authorizing them to enter and arrest someone in your home. You must ask them to slide the warrant under the door before opening it.

In the vast majority of cases, ICE will not have a warrant and would need YOUR consent to enter your home.

Opening the door does not mean you are giving your consent.

Prepare for an immigration emergency

  • Know your rights, National Immigration Justice Center
  • Immigrant Legal Resource Center Preparedness Toolkit
  • Legal Aid Justice Center Toolkit
  • Know your Rights phone app in 16 languages
  • Order or print Red Cards/Tarjetas Rojas Order links and artwork for cards in Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, Haitian Creole, Hmong, Korean, Pashto, Punjabi, Russian, Tagalog, Tigrinya, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
  • New York State Community Toolkit
  • Public School Communities +

    NEWS FCPS vows to protect students if ICE agents come to schools

  • Fairfax County Public Schools Resources for Immigrant Families

  • Indivisible Tool kit Safe Schools for Every Student.

  • Is Cruelty the Point?, 4 Public Education, Marianne Burke, Dec 17, 2024. English | Espanol
  • Virginia Communities +

    Encourage officials not to divulge personal info or participate in ICE raids.

    Donald Trump's mass deportation of immigrants is expected to begin soon after his inauguration. Some Virginia jurisdictions appear ready to comply with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but "There is no federal legal obligation for local jurisdictions to use their resources to help with immigration enforcement."1

    – Sheriffs & Police Chiefs do not have to participate in ICE raids or enforcement.
    – Jurisdictions do not have to share immigrants' personal information with ICE.
        (Some VA counties and cities already have Trust Policies, promising to protect this information.)

    Fairfax and Arlington Counties

    DO THIS: Thank your Sheriff and Chief of Police for enforcing their county’s Trust Policy and for not participating in ICE raids or arrests.
    Sheriff Stacey Kinkaid (Fairfax County)
    Chief of Police Kevin Davis (Fairfax County)
    Sheriff Jose Quiroz (Arlington County)
    Chief of Police Andy Penn (Arlington County)

    Alexandria, Richmond, Henrico, Chesterfield

    DO THIS: Thank your officials for not sharing personally identifiable information or agreeing to participate in ICE raids or arrests.
    Sheriff Sean Casey (City of Alexandria)
    Police Chief Tarrick McGuire (City of Alexandria)
    Mayor-elect Danny Avula (City of Richmond)
    Police Chief Rick Edwards (City of Richmond) Sheriff Alyssa Gregory (Henrico County)
    Police Chief Colonel Eric English (Henrico County)
    Police Chief Frank Carpenter (City of Richmond) Sheriff Karl Leonard (City of Alexandria)

    Resources to Share

    1. National Map of Local Entanglement with ICE, Immigration Legal Resource Center, Nov. 13, 2024.
    2. State Map on Immigration Enforcement 2024, Immigration Legal Resource Center, Nov. 8, 2024.
    3. Virginia's population growth is driven mostly by immigration, Cardinal News, Dec 23, 2024.


    Contact your Reps
    Let them know you object to cruel deportation plan.

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    Resources

  • Tools and Resources, Unitedwedream.org
  • The Commonwealth Institute, Immigration Research & Policy Advocacy
  • Know your rights, National Immigration Justice Center

    Virginia Resources

  • Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights
  • Fairfax County Public Schools Resources for Immigrant Families

    Other States

    Illinois

  • Welcome to Chicago

    New York

  • New York State Community Toolkit
  • State Laws on Immigration Enforcement

    Map of US immigration enforcement Green = Pro-Immigration laws
    Purple = Anti-Immigration laws
    Source: Immigrant Legal Resource Center