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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 doorIt 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
CONOZCA SUS DERECHOS 

American Civil Liberties Union:
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS