Resources to Protect Yourself and Your Community

Thanks to our friend’s at Neighbor’s Link for compiling.

  • Calendar: Here is Neighbor’s Link’s calendar of upcoming virtual public Know Your Rights and Community Education events. Click on the links to register.
      • March 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM: Know Your Rights: What Immigrant Allies Should Know (in English). Register here.
      • March 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM: Know Your Rights: What the Immigrant Community Should Know (in English). Register here.
      • March 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM: Know Your Rights: What the Immigrant Community Should Know (in Spanish) Register here.
  • Executive Orders: From Immigrant ARC: an analysis of the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders and what they mean for New Yorkers. 
  • We Have Rights videos: From Brooklyn Defender Services and partner organizations, this is a series of animated films to help immigrants know what to do when confronted by ICE in the most common situations.
  • Know Your Rights: From The New York Immigration Coalition: a guide for immigrant New Yorkers on how to avoid immigration scams, protect their families when interacting with ICE, and create a plan for their family in the event of deportation. Click here. If you need a more print-friendly option, click here. 
  • Online Detainee Locator System: If you have a loved one, over the age of 18, who has been arrested or detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) you can locate them using this online detainee locator system. This site is accessible in seven languages including English and Spanish. You can search for a detained individual by using the individual’s A-number and country of birth OR by using the individual’s name, date of birth and country of birth. 
  • Additional Community Resources: 
    • Notifica is a project created through United We Dream. It is intended for immigrant users to communicate a one-time secure message to your trusted contacts.  https://notifica.us/ 
    • Immi is a project created through Immigration Advocates Network. It is intended for immigrant users who can use this tool in English or Spanish to determine whether they are eligible for any affirmative immigration benefits. This tool does not provide information for those in removal proceedings. https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/immi-project/
    • Immi Make a Plan Tool is intended to help individuals who may be at risk for immigration enforcement including detention and deportation. Individuals can use this online system to create a safety plan and help prepare their familial and financial affairs https://www.immi.org/en/Home/make-a-plan
    • LawHelpNY is a resource for individuals to find self help materials and to look for free or low-cost legal services in New York State. https://www.lawhelpny.org/