Immigration Rights Resources

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
- Includes KYR Video on how to prepare parents and talk to children.
- KYR Rights Cards to download and carry.
- KYR Tool Kit: Includes Family Preparedness plans.
- KYR Informational documents in multiple languages.

National Immigrant Justice Center (locations in the Loop, Belmont Cragin, and Goshen, Indiana)
- Know Your Right Information
  - 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.

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.

Quick Tips & Info for your Head Start/Early Head Start Program
- What are your HS/EHS program's policies and protocols if ICE was to make a visit to your center?
- 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.