[The Network] Fwd: RESOURCES: Know Your Rights

-----Original Message-----
From: Meg Allen <denverintegration@gmail.com>
To: Meg Allen <denverintegration@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 15:47:53 -0600
Subject: RESOURCES: Know Your Rights

Dear Service Providers,

In the wake of some of the largest immigration raids going on around the country, the Immigration Advocates Network sent out this update with lots of resources about know your rights, what to do if ICE comes to your door, and others.  Some of the resources below have been translated into nine different languages.  Please take a look and see what would be helpful to share with your clients. 

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Meg K. Allen

Project Director

Denver Coalition for Integration

2525 W. Alameda Ave.

Denver, CO 80219

(303) 727-8076

denverintegration@gmail.com

http://denverintegration.org/

Immigrant integration is a dynamic, two-way process in which newcomers and the receiving society work together to build secure, vibrant, and cohesive communities. As an intentional effort, integration engages and transforms all community members, reaping shared benefits and creating a new whole that is greater than the sum of its parts (Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees).

 

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From: Immigration Advocates Network < news@immigrationadvocates.org>
Date: Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 11:25 AM
Subject: Know Your Rights at Home - IAN Update
To: denverintegration@gmail.com



U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted nationwide, intensive enforcement operations in the past week arresting more than 3,000 people. ICE states the enforcement was targeted, with a "focus on the arrest and removal of convicted criminal aliens and those that game our nation's immigration system." The Associated Press (AP) reports that ICE agents conducting the sweep in a few San Diego neighborhoods "targeted 14 illegal immigrants and found six. They arrested six others who were not targets." According to the AP, the agents "typically knock on doors early in the morning before people go to work."  People who are undocumented and citizens alike should know their rights when an officer knocks on the door. We want to alert you to "Know Your Rights" resources available through the Immigration Advocates Network (IAN), our partners, and other advocates.


On Immigration Advocates Network:

In the Library:

- A Know Your Rights brochure by the National Immigration Law Center explaining how and when immigration can enter your home or workplace at http://www.immigrationadvocates.org/link.cfm?19239.

- A booklet by the American Civil Liberties Union on what rights a person has when stopped, questioned, arrested, or searched by law enforcement, which includes an explanation of the warrant or consent requirements for a search of the home at http://www.immigrationadvocates.org/link.cfm?19240.

- A folder with "Know-Your-Rights" materials, including printable flyers in nine languages, at http://www.immigrationadvocates.org/link.cfm?17964.

The "News" section contains:

- An AP article, "Immigration officials arrest 3,100 in nationwide sweep," at http://www.immigrationadvocates.org/link.cfm?19241.


Other Resources:

National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild and CASA de Maryland
The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild and CASA de Maryland created a pamphlet on a person's rights in an encounter with law enforcement in English at http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/community/KnowYourRights_English_booklet_w_CASA_Marylang.pdf . A Spanish version of the pamphlet is available at http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/community/KYR-Spanish-Espanol.pdf .

Immigrant Legal Resource Center
The Immigrant Legal Resource Center website provides "Know Your Rights" resources, including a description of enforcement operations and information on what to do when ICE comes to the door of a home at http://www.ilrc.org/files/raids_info_english.pdf. A Spanish version is available at http://www.ilrc.org/files/documents/raids_info_spanish.pdf

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
An ICE Press Release on the arrests is available at http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/1204/120402washingtondc.htm.



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