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Know Your Rights / Conoce tus derechos

Resources for immigrant and undocumented community members from trusted California organizations and advocates.

Immigrant Legal Resource Center

https://www.ilrc.org/community-resources

Red Cards / Tarjetas Rojas

Available in nine (9) languages at: https://www.ilrc.org/community-resources

All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend themselves in many situations, such as when ICE agents go to a home.

Todas las personas en los Estados Unidos – sin importar su estatus migratorio – tienen derechos y protecciones bajo la constitución del país. Nuestras Tarjetas Rojas ayudan a los inmigrantes ejercer esos derechos y protegerse en muchas situaciones, como cuando agentes de inmigración visitan nuestras viviendas.

United We Dream

https://unitedwedream.org/

The largest immigrant youth-led network in the country creates welcoming spaces for young people – regardless of immigration status – to support, engage, and empower them to make their voices heard and win.

If Immigration agents… / Agentes de inmigración vienen…

Rapid Response Network of Kern 

https://www.rapidresponsekern.com/

The Rapid Response Network of Kern is a collaborative of local organizations, community leaders, and immigrant rights advocates working to develop a system to better support immigrant communities.

Download: Kern County Resource List

Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative

https://cviic.org

The Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative (CVIIC) makes available to the public an immigration services directory that includes nonprofit organizations that offer a wide range of immigration-related legal services.

Central Valley Nonprofit Immigration Services Providers

English

Directorio de Servicios de Inmigración en el Valle Central 

Spanish

What to do When ICE Agents Try to Have Contact with You

https://cviic.org/guides-for-immigrants/

ACLU Southern California

https://www.aclusocal.org

The ACLU of Southern California is at the forefront of local, state and national efforts to protect all immigrants – citizens and non-citizens alike – from unlawful imprisonment, discrimination and law enforcement abuses, and to ensure that they are afforded their due process rights to a fair hearing and access to legal assistance in immigration proceedings.

Mobile Justice App

Download the free Mobile Justice app to record interactions with law enforcement and immigration officials and have Know Your Rights information at your fingertips.

Local Rapid Response Hotlines

  • Los Angeles 888-624-4752
  • San Bernardino/Riverside 909-361-4588
  • Southern Central Coast 805-870-8855
  • Orange County 657-210-0157
  • Long Beach 562-269-1083
  • Koreatown 323-894-1504
  • Boyle Heights 323-922-5644
  • CHIRLA 213-353-1333

Find a Person in Detention

  • Access ICE’s online detainee locator at https://locator.ice.gov
  • Call the Southern California field office at 213-830-7911