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Be Ready.
Be Strong.
Preparing immigrant and refugee communities for immigration enforcement.
Slide2Uncertainty creates stress.
Immigrant and refugee communities face uncertainty under the current administration.
Slide3Knowledge builds power.
immi.org
and
immigo
mobile app: online screening and information tools for immigrant and refugee communities.
Immigrant
Legal Resource
Center and Women’s Refugee Commission
:
Family Preparedness Plan and Red Cards
Immigrant Defense Project:
Emergency Preparedness Plan and Know-Your-Rights tools
National Immigration Project
: Tools and infographics for communities to protect constitutional rights
Slide4Workshop Modules
Immigration 101Immigration OptionsFamily PreparednessKnow Your RightsCommunity Support
Learn how the system operates
Use immi.org to identify immigration options
Use the ILRC toolkit to prepare your family
Learn and practice exercising our constitutional rights
Sanctuary, accompaniment & activism
Slide5Immigration 101
Understanding how the system operates
Slide6Immigration 101
Migration is an ancient human experience.
Slide7Immigration 101
Our Immigration
Mythology
The US is a
nation of
immigrants
Slide8Immigration 101
Our Immigration Reality
Settlement
Native Americans recognized as US citizens - 1924
Slavery
Exclusion
Chinese Exclusion Act – 1882
National origins quota – 1924
Deportation
Mass deportation of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans during the Depression
Slide9Immigration 101
Our Immigration
Mythology
People wanting to work hard and build a new life apply to come to the US and become citizens.
Slide10Immigration 101
Our Immigration Reality
Immigration
limited to family-based, employment-based, and limited humanitarian options.
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alien
Slide13Immigration 101
Federal law provides broad power to arrest, detain, and remove “aliens” from the US.
85% of the 2 million people deported in the last 8 years did not have a hearing before a judge.
45,000 people are in ICE detention on any given day.
Slide14Immigration Options
Know your options.
Slide15Immigration Options
Everyone
should talk to an immigration lawyer about their own case.
Some
people have good options to apply for legal status.
Some
people may be able to raise a defense to being deported
.
Knowing your options helps you make good decisions.
Slide16Immigration Options
Find
trusted
legal help to help you find out if there is an immigration option for you to get a green card, work permit or visa, or protect you from deportation.
Immi.org – identify options
ImmigrationLawHelp.org – find free legal help
AILA.org - hire an attorney
Beware of
fraud
Slide17Immigration Options
Don’t assume you’re not a U.S. citizen!
If you had a green card (lawful permanent resident status) and were under age 18 when your parents naturalized, you may be a citizen.
If your parent was a U.S. citizen at the time you were born, you may be a citizen.
Slide18Immigration Options: Family
You may qualify to get a green card through a family member if:
You are married to a U.S. citizen or green card holder, or
Your parent is a U.S. citizen, or
Your child, brother, or sister is at least 21 years old and is a U.S. citizen, or
Your parent has a green card and you are under 21 and not married.
Note: If you have disobeyed some laws or immigration rules, you may not qualify.
Slide19Immigration Options: Crime Victim
Victims of serious crime in the U.S. may qualify to stay in the U.S.
Were the victim of a crime on the list of qualified crimes
Were hurt physically and/or mentally because of that crime
Helped - or will help - law enforcement
Slide20Immigration Options: Trafficking Victim
Victims of human trafficking may qualify to stay in the U.S.
Were the victim of trafficking
Are in the U.S. because of the trafficking
Can help law enforcement
Would suffer terribly if you were ordered to leave the U.S.
Includes victims of labor trafficking and sex trafficking
Slide21Immigration Options: Asylum
You may qualify for asylum if:
You were harmed in the past, or are afraid you will be harmed in the future because of your race, religion, nationality, political beliefs, or membership in a group.
Your government caused the problem or will not protect you.
You have no other safe place to live.
You have not committed a serious crime or harmed someone else
.
Slide22Cancellation of Removal
You
might be eligible to ask an immigration judge for “Cancellation of Removal
” if:
You have lived in the US for +10 years;
You can show that you have “good moral character”;
You have a US citizen or LPR spouse, parent or child (under age 21); and
The family member will suffer “exceptional” and “extremely unusual” hardship if you are deported. Hardship to yourself does not count.
Slide23Detention
Immigration
law allows ICE to detain people while a removal case is pending.
Slide24Detention
Some people must be detained without bond:
Detained while trying to enter at a border or airport
Multiple criminal convictions for “crimes involving moral turpitude”
One or more drug possession or firearms conviction
Convicted of an aggravated felony
Slide25Bond
People may be released on bond if:
Not a flight risk and are likely to appear at future hearings
Not a danger to the community and have rehabilitated after any criminal offenses
Eligible to apply for some defense to
deportation
Typical bond is $5,000-$10,000.
Must
be posted by a lawfully present individual
Slide26Limits on Detention
ICE detention is not punishment. The purpose is to make sure people show up for hearings and leave if ordered deported.
ICE cannot hold someone more than 180
days after an order of removal, with exceptions
Illegal detention may be challenged by filing a writ of habeas corpus in federal court
Slide27Detention Standards
Non-binding ICE
Performance-Based National Standards for
detention include:
Safety
Security
Order
Care
Activities
Justice
Administration and
management
Slide28Be Prepared
Help your family stay safe in uncertain times.
Slide29Be Ready.
Child Care Plan
Information
Inventory
Defense Fund
See ILRC.org/family-preparedness-plan
Slide30Child Care
Talk to your children about your plan.
Write down medical information.
Decide who can take care of your children if you can’t.
Designate someone you trust with a Delegation of Parental Authority to temporarily care for and make decisions regarding your children.
Slide31Child Care
Get certified copies of your children’s U.S. birth certificates.
Consider getting passports for your children. Children
born in the U.S. can hold U.S. passports.
Register your child’s birth with your country’s consulate.
Tell family and emergency contacts about how to find you if you are detained.
Slide32Information Inventory
Identify social service providers, legal help, and other trusted resources.
Identify important personal, medical, financial and contact information.
Copy important documents.
Consider giving a very trusted person limited power of attorney to handle certain legal transactions
Slide33Defense Fund
Consider how to save or raise money for bond or for an immigration lawyer
Identify a trusted person
with lawful immigration status
who can post bond.
Slide34Know Your Rights
Exercising our rights under the U.S. Constitution
Slide35Know Your Rights
Everyone – regardless of immigration status – has important constitutional rights in the U.S.
Slide36Know Your Rights
Everyone has the right to freedom of religion
Slide37Know Your Rights
Everyone – regardless of how they came to the U.S. – has the right to seek and enjoy asylum from persecution.
Slide38Know Your Rights
Right to remain
silent
.
Right to talk to a
lawyer
.
Right to see a
warrant
signed by a judge before allowing police/ICE into your home.
Right to
not sign
papers
you do not
understand or agree with.
Slide39Discussion of Maria’s Story(Each small group will share its answer to one question with the large group)Did Maria have any rights? If so, what rights?Do you think the officers were acting lawfully in the way they entered Maria’s home and in the way they detained her?What might Maria have done differently?What questions do you have about the rights that could be applied in this situation?
Case Study #1
LIRS Be Not Afraid Campaign
Available at www.lirs.org/be-not-afraid
Slide40Discussion of Raid at Work(Each small group will share its answer to one question with the large group) Did the workers have any rights? If so, what rights? Is it legal for immigration officials to ask workers to identify their immigration status and country of origin?What would you do in a similar situation?What questions do you have about the rights that could be applied in this situation?
Case Study #2
LIRS Be Not Afraid Campaign
Available at www.lirs.org/be-not-afraid
Slide41Know Your Rights
Do not open the door
for ICE or police. Ask to see a warrant signed by a judge.
Remain silent.
Give your real name if the police ask. Do not lie
.
Ask if you are
under arrest
. If not, you can walk away.
Do not sign
anything you do not understand or agree with.
Ask to
speak to a lawyer
and go before an
immigration judge
.
Slide42Be Strong.
Everyone – documented and undocumented – has rights in this country.
Slide43Community Support
How allies can help in the struggle for immigrant rights.
Slide44Sanctuary
US law does not recognize the concept of “sanctuary.”
Sanctuary cities, campuses, and schools: provide clear policy guidance about when and how they interact with ICE.
Sanctuary churches: provide support to people facing removal including solidarity, accompaniment, food, and shelter.
Slide45Teaching rights
Offer Know Your Rights materials and trainings to your students, staff, and community.
Slide46ICE Enforcement
Preparation & Response
Plan ahead so immigrant and refugee community leaders, civic leaders and elected officials, school officials,
religious leaders, and legal service providers
know one
another.
Slide47ICE Enforcement
Preparation & Response
Identify immigration legal assistance in your area. Know who to call if a mass ICE enforcement action happens.
Slide48Raids Response
Don’t spread rumors.
People are afraid. Don’t contribute unnecessarily to fear of ICE enforcement.
Verify
a raid is happening.
Reports of arrests happen frequently and it can be difficult to know when a wide-scale enforcement action is underway. Local elected officials may be able to get information from ICE.
Identify a central
point-of-contact
to keep updated as new information is learned.
Alert your
immigration legal service
point-of-contact.
Notify school officials.
Take steps to ensure that children are not dropped off without a parent to care for them.
Set up a
Family Information Center
at a local church, community
center, or other
trusted
location.
Slide49Defense Fund
Detention used strategically to get people to agree to deportation.
Detention makes it hard to get a lawyer, get evidence, and to keep going through hearings and appeals.
Bond allows people to fight their cases outside of detention, where they are more likely to win – to be able to stay with their families and remain safe.
Slide50Be Ready.Be Strong.
Questions?
The Advocates for Human Rights
612-341-3302
TheAdvocatesForHumanRights.org/standup
Be Ready.
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