Detention Watch Network (DWN) is a national coalition building power through collective advocacy, grassroots organizing, and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the United States.
Detention Watch Network imagines a world where every individual lives and moves freely and a society in which racial equity is the norm and immigration is not criminalized. The abolition of immigration detention is part and parcel of struggles against racism, xenophobia, discriminatory policing, and mass incarceration and our aims coincide with these broader struggles against racialized oppression.
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NNIRR has gathered a list of national, state and local Immigration Hotlines. See our list below for hotlines where you can:
- report raids in your area
- seek help if being detained or at risk of being deported
- report missing migrants
We will update these as new numbers become available.
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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.
The artwork for printing your own cards is available at the bottom of this page. These are formatted as standard 3.5” by 2” business cards. Any print or copy shop should be able to work from these files. Translated versions are designed to support monolingual immigrants translate their rights with immigration officers. We strongly recommend printing these with rounded corners and a coated finish for durability. You can also print them on your own personal printer.
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Immigrants who are stopped, arrested, or detained by Immigration or other law enforcement have certain rights. But non-citizens without status must be especially careful when encountering law enforcement in the United States or at the border. If you encounter law enforcement at work, on the street, after a traffic stop, or at home, you usually have the same constitutional rights as U.S. citizens. You may have fewer rights when interacting with law enforcement agents at the border or an airport.
Disclaimer: This Know Your Rights resource provides general information. It is not legal advice. It is not tailored to your situation. Talk to an immigration lawyer for legal advice about your specific situation.
Portions of this document were adapted with permission from the National Lawyers Guild’s Know Your Rights! pamphlet.
Database of local and national community-based alternatives to calling the police or 911, broken down by city.
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The book that started the Creative Commons movement.
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Everyone should read this and think about how it applies to them. And it does, in fact, apply to all of you regardless of the country you live in.
Ross Anderson put the entire second edition of Security Engineering on his website for free download. It's been very highly rated and recommended. Each chapter comes in its own PDF so be prepared to use a downloader to grab it all.
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