Immigration Rights Resources

Know Your Rights & Rapid Response Virtual Training for Head Start staff and families.
- February 26 (Wednesday) at 10am.
- Register HERE.
- ALL Head Start programs in Illinois are invited to attend.
- Hosted by City of Chicago Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights (CIRR), in partnership with The Resurrection Project, scaleLIT, and Illinois Head Start Association.

Quick Tips & Info for your Head Start/Early Head Start Program (shared by fellow HS Programs in Illinois):
- Tips for Responding to ICE Inquiries at Head Start Centers PDF
- Tips for Responding to ICE Inquiries at your Community Action Agency (CAA) PDF
- Encourage HS families to update their Emergency Contact Information.
- Designate a specific staff person (persons) to be the only people to interact with enforcement agents.
  - Establish how staff should interact with federal immigration agents.
- Establish rules for authorized staff and parents to access the program.
- Set clear expectations and guidelines for visitors to the program.
- Establish procedures for notifying staff and parents of urgent information.
- Set guidelines for storing and releasing private data about parents, children, and staff.
- Once clear policies are developed, be transparent in communicating to parents/families as to what your program will do / will not do.
- more to come...

ConsulApp Contigo - a lifeline for nationals in the U.S. facing immigration threats
- The Mexican Government has recently launched this emergency alert app for Mexican Nationals.
- Features a button for users to alert their emergency contacts and consulate officials if they're facing detention.
- Can schedule an appointment to seek passport services and find the closest consulate.
- Provides resources and information about legal rights.
- Available on Apple and Android platforms right now.

ICE’s Online Detainee Locator
- If in ICE or US Customs & Border Protection's custody for more than 48 hours.

Know Your Rights (KYR) Training Video & Rights Card - Opening Doors/Abriendo Puertas
- Includes KYR Video in Spanish on how to prepare parents and talk to children.
- KYR Rights Cards to download and carry (in Spanish, Arabic, Somali, Farsi).
- KYR Tool Kit: Includes Family Preparedness plans (in Spanish, Chinese).
- KYR Informational documents: What Immigrant Families Should Do Now (in Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Korean, Russian, Tagalog, Vietnamese).

Immigrant Justice - The Resurrection Project
- Report an ICE Raid or Arrest in Illinois
- Legal Clinic
  - Report detained loved one - form
  - Make appointments
- Know Your Rights Resources
  - Sign Up for Virtual Training
  - Request a Training
  - Printable KYR Toolkit
  - Other Resources: Recent Arrivals, Worker Rights,

Immigrant Legal Resource Center
- Immigration Relief Toolkit for Criminal Defenders
- Family Preparedness Plan
- KYR Red Cards
  - Downloadable and printable
  - in 16 languages: Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Haitian Creole, Hmong, Khmer, Korean, Pashto, Portugese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Tigriniya, Ukranian, and Vietnamese.
- Immigration Preparedness Toolkit
- KYR Toolkit

SchoolHouse Connection
- Protect Immigrant Children & Youth: Resources for Youth, Families, & Educators
  - All Children & Youth in USA Have a Right to a Public Education
  - Resources for Families & Youth
    - KYR Mobile App
    - KYR Cards
    - Family Preparedness Plans
  - Resources for Educators

National Immigrant Justice Center (locations in the Loop, Belmont Cragin, and Goshen, Indiana)
- Know Your Rights Information/Articles:
  - What To Do if You or Your Loved One is Detained
  - 5 Things You Can do Now to Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones
    - Includes creating a Safety Plan
  - If You Encounter ICE
  - Avoid Immigration Fraud
  - Plan Ahead to Protect Your Family in the Event of Deportation
    - Guardianship, Power of Attorney

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (ICIRR)
- 24-Hour Emergency Support: 1-855-HELP-MY-FAMILY (1-855-435-7693).
  - English, Spanish, Korean, Polish.
  - Report ICE activity.
- Know Your Rights: To Do (one-pager)
  - Easy to download, print, and share.
- Other services include Case Management, DACA, Legal, Domestic Violence, Healthcare Access, Mental Health, LGBTQ+, Human Trafficking, Public Charge, Workplace rights, issues, or safety for immigrants.

Illinois State Board of Education
- Non-Regulatory Guidance on Immigration Enforcement Actions (updated 1/22/2025)
  - Educational Opportunities in Illinois
  - Enforcement Actions by the Department of Homeland Security on School Property
  - Records Requests by the Department of Homeland Security
  - Next Steps for Schools

Office of the Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul
- Rights of the People
- Civil Rights
- Defending Immigration Rights
  - The Way Forward Act Adds Protections for Immigrant Communities
    - The Illinois TRUST Act.
    - The VOICES Act.
  - Know Your Rights Handouts (in English, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, Urdu).
  - Downloadables: FAQs, Service Providers, Posters.

By Location
- BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL & CHAMPAIGN-URBANA
  - The Immigration Project
    - Immigration legal services on a sliding scale to people in Central & Southern Illinois.
    - Includes in-person consultation, teleconferencing, and old-fashined circuit riding.
    - Utilizes a rural-regional service model to provide affordable, accessible, and high-quality immigration legal services.
- CHICAGO
  - Brighton Park Neighborhood Council
    - Request KYR Workshop
      - Priority wiil be given to Brighton Park/Southwest area.
  - City of Chicago - Know Your Rights
  - Chicago City Council - Committee on Immigrant & Refugee Rights (CIRR)
    - Immigration Services & Legal Support
      - Cultural Center and Community Organization Database
  - Latino Policy Forum
    - Essential Resources for Immigrants & Allies
    - Promoting Just Immigration Practices
  - Chicago Immigration Defense: Resources & Training
    - ICE Encounters & Raids
    - Family Preparedness
    - Worker's Rights
    - Know Your Rights Trainings
    - Resources
    - Citizenship Classes
  - Chicago Community & Workers Rights
    - KYR Trainings
    - info@chicagoworkersrights.org

Legal Consult Resources
- Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender
  - Detained Immigration Court Representation: Pro Bono
- Greater Chicago Legal Clinic
  - 773-731-1762 or 312-731-4264.
  - 24-Hour Intake: 312-726-2938
- Organized Communities Against Deportation (OCAD)
  - Deportation Emergency Chat & Call Back: 855-435-7693
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
  - 800-954-0254
- NPOs with licensed attorneys/Dept of Justice reps

Quick Tips & Info
- Establish an emergency contact person who can:
  - Pick up your child from childcare (update childcare’s emergency contact info).
  - Can make medical and legal decisions for your child (have this in writing).
- “Expedited Removal” programs:
  - Neighborhood raids, workplaces.
  - Immediate deportation without due process or coming before a judge, if no documents and in US for less than 2 years.
- At risk: Those ordered to deport in the past and those who have had contact with criminal legal system.
- *Chicago is protected by the “Welcoming City Ordinance” which includes that the Chicago Police Department (CPD) cannot collaborate with federal immigration investigations under any condition. Chicago’s Welcoming City resources page.

What are your HS/EHS program's policies and protocols if ICE was to make a visit to your center &/ to prepare your families?
- Share tips, ideas, suggestions, insights, experiences with Linda at lwang@ilheadstart.org. This section will be updated to share with you and others in the HS/EHS community.