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
Baro Xaquuqdaada!
Hadii Ay Kuu Yimaadaan Ciidanka ICE Ama Bilaysku
- Khasab MAAHA inaad u sheegto xaaladaada deganaanshaha dalka oo waxa aad xaq u leedahay inaad iska aamusto.
Hadii Ciidanka ICE Ay Yimaadaan Gurigaaga
- Khasab MAAHA inaad ka furto albaabku.
- Waydii hadii ay wataan waaranka baadhitaanka oo ay kaa tusaan daaqada ama inay albaabka hoostiisa kaaga soo tuuraan. Waa in uu saxeexaa xaakin oo uu ku qoran yahay magacaagu.
- Waaranka mastaafurintu LAMA mid aha waaranka baadhitaanka oo UMA ogolaanayo ciidanka ICE inay soo galaan gurigaaga bilaa ogolaanshe.
- Waxaad xaq u leedahay inaad u diido ICE inay soo gasho gurigaaga hadii ciidanku ayna ku tusin waaran sax ah.
- Hadii ciidanka ICE ay soo galaan bilaa waaran sax ah, waydii magaca ciidanka iyo lambarkooda aqoonsiga ciidanimo.
Hadii Lagu Xidho
- Waxa aad xaq u leedahay inaad la hadasho looyar markaba.
- Adiga ama qoyskaagu waxa aad la hadli kartaan xildhibaankaaga si uu kaaga caawiyo oo kuugu xidho adeegyada sharciga.
- Waxa aad xaq u leedahay inaad aamusto oo aad diido inaad saxeexdo wax waraaqo ah adiga oo aan looyar kala hadal.
Additional resources are available here:
National Immigration Law Center:
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
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American Civil Liberties Union:
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