This factsheet provides advice to hospitals, medical centers, community health centers, other health care facilities, and advocates on how to prepare for and respond to:

• Enforcement actions by immigration officials
• Interactions with law enforcement that could result in immigration consequences for their patients

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The threat of immigration enforcement raises concerns among many New Jersey residents who may avoid engaging with local services and businesses out of fear that they could be putting themselves and their family members at risk. Every person who lives in or visits NJ has rights regardless of their citizenship or immigration status.

The following information is designed to hep organizations and businesses understand their rights and responsibilities when interacting with immigration enforcement officers, primarily Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers.

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Available in Spanish and English, this list breaks down the steps individuals and families can take to prepare for the detention or deportation of parents.

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The Immigration Legal Resource Center will be hosting 1-hour briefings every other week during the first six months of 2025 to provide legal service providers and advocates updates about changes to immigration policy and practice.

These Immigration Briefings will provide overviews of new announcements and policies to keep everyone working in the field updated and informed.

Please note that these sessions will not be legal trainings or case rounds, but a space to learn more about critical developments.

The briefings occur every other Wednesday at 1–2:00pm ET. When registered, you will receive an invitation that is valid for a 6-month period.

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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 Immigration Legal Resource Center’s red cards give examples of how people can exercise these rights in real situations, such as when ICE agents go to a home.

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The NJ Alliance for Immigrant Justice is providing free access to resource cards for printing and use in encounters with immigration agents. The cards contain important information about your rights, how to report a raid, and critical language you can use in an emergency.

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Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them throught this toolkit provided by the ACLU.

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This survey from Parents Invincible is designed to gather information from undocumented families who may be concerned about attending school due to immigration status. Your responses will help us understand the challenges families faces and how we can best support safe access to education.

Esta encuesta está diseñada para recopilar información de padres y estudiantes indocumentados que pueden sentirse preocupados por enviar a sus hijos a la escuela debido a su estatus migratorio. Sus respuestas nos ayudarán a comprender los desafíos que enfrenta su familia y cómo podemos apoyar mejor el acceso a la educación de manera segura.

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Access the key list of refugee assistance providers and state resources from the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

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This video is part of the Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) series “We Have Rights,” a national empowerment campaign to inform immigrant communities of what to do when interacting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Narrated by Jesse Williams. For more information visit: www.aclu.org/we-have-rights.

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Through this network, the American Immigration Council and World Education Services provide a forum for state policy leaders to drive positive change that supports immigrant and refugee integration into the workforce and economy.

In addition to supporting the work of existing state offices and immigration policy staff, the ONA State Network extends the following support to officials from other states exploring the possibility of establishing a state-level Office of New Americans, a task force, or a dedicated staff position on immigrant and refugee integration issues:

• Peer-to-peer mentoring on state-level new American integration and economic development strategies
• Coaching and technical assistance from the Council, WES, and leaders in the fields of workforce and new American integration
• Policy analysis of federal immigration legislation, directives, and programs, and their projected impact on states
• Tailored economic research highlighting the demographic profile and contributions of new Americans to the state.

Access the Office of New Americans State Network

Oregon is home to more than 400,000 immigrants and their families. Oregon for All has collected resources for immigrant and refugee community members who need assistance including:

• Oregon Sanctuary Law toolkit
• Protect Your Family resource guide
• Safeguarding Oregon’s Schools toolkit

Read the resource guide and learn more

Oregon Worker Relief helps immigrant Oregonians in need make ends meet and provides direct support to those who are facing:

• Lost work and wages due to COVID-19
• Extreme heat, smoke and other climate disasters
• Complex immigration system
• Eviction and the housing crisis

Learn more about their programs

This resource is intended for lawyers, law students, accredited reps, and nonprofit law firms. ECO aims to end unjust and unfair deportations and civic exclusions by providing access to an attorney and support services. They aim to provide these services to every eligible Oregonian at risk of removal or civic exclusion on account of immigration status.

Learn more about the Equity Corps of Oregon

The Colorado Department of Health Care policy and Financing is committed to providing pathways to health coverage for all Coloradans with the development and launch of Cover All Coloradans to expand health coverage to children and pregnant people, no matter what their immigration status is.

Learn more about Cover all Coloradans

This toolkit contains legal information and information about public resources available to immigrants in New Jersey. It is intended as a resource for both immigrant families and those who work with them such as, social workers, nonprofit staff, legal professionals, educators, and medical professionals. This toolkit is divided into two sections, I and II. Section I includes legal resources and information on different topics: interacting with immigration authorities, planning for deportation and detention of a caretaker, and what to do if a loved one is detained. Section II includes information on public benefits available to immigrants in New Jersey. It includes information on: obtaining a driver’s license or state ID and education and healthcare access for young people with different immigration statuses.

Este manual incluye información legal e información sobre los recursos públicos que están disponibles a los inmigrantes en el estado de Nueva Jersey. Sirve como un recurso para familias inmigrantes y personas que trabajan con ellas como trabajadores sociales, maestros, y profesionales del campo legal y del campo médico. Este manual es dividido en dos secciones, I and II. Sección I incluye recursos e información sobre temas diferentes: cómo interactuar con autoridades de inmigración, cómo planificar para la detención o deportación de un cuidador y qué hacer si un querido esté detenido. Sección II incluye información sobre beneficios públicos que están disponibles para inmigrantes en Nueva Jersey. Incluye información sobre: cómo conseguir una licencia para conducir o una identificación estatal y acceso a educación y seguro médico para jóvenes con diferentes estatus de inmigración. Este manual es muy largo, pero ¡no tiene que leerlo completamente para obtener información útil!

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While advocates have shed light on the impact of ICE enforcement, ICE has historically hidden important information about the agency’s activities from the public. ICE is notorious for failing to record its activities, destroying records and falsifying information. This data is important for advocates seeking to raise awareness about the impact of ICE enforcement on our communities and to educate the public about how ICE spends its significant public funding.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law analyzed thousands of I-213 samples of immigration arrest records from ICE’s Philadelphia Field Office from 2016–2020 in order to publish this report.

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