Know Your Rights: Resources on Planned Immigration Raids

If you are approached by ICE agents or police:

You do NOT have to reveal your immigration status and have the right to remain silent.

If ICE agents come to your home:

You do NOT have to open the door.
Ask to see a search warrant through the window or for it to be slipped under the door. It must be signed by a judge and have your name on it.
A deportation warrant is NOT the same as a search warrant and does NOT authorize ICE agents to enter your home without permission.
You have the right to refuse ICE permission to enter your home if agents do not present a valid warrant.
If ICE agents enter without a valid warrant, ask for the agents' names and badge numbers.

If you are arrested or detained:

You have the right to speak to a lawyer immediately.
You or your family can call your congress member to help connect you to legal services.
You have the right to remain silent and refuse to sign any documents without advice from an attorney.

If you are mistreated:

You have the right to file a complaint
Take down important information: number of agents, names, badge numbers, locations, date, time, and other important details

Keep in mind:

You don't have to reveal your immigration status, including to law enforcement and security officers
Do not show false documents and do not lie to an immigration agent
Do not carry false identification
Do not carry papers from another country, such as a foreign passport or consular ID
Don't say where you were born or how you entered the United States

Additional resources are available here:

American Civil Liberties Union:
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

Issues: Civil Rights & Justice Homeland Security & Immigration