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Analysis of Recent Executive Orders
Hotlines
     Hate Crimes/Bias Hotlines
     Immigration Legal Referral Hotlines
Interactive Online Resources
Know Your Rights Resources and Written Guides
Post-Election Updates and Advisories
Resources for Children/Youth
     Asylum for Children/Youth
     Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
     LGBTQ Youth
     Schools/Adults Working with Kids
     Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)
Resources for Muslim Immigrant Communities
     Harassment and Threats
     Law Enforcement Surveillance of Muslim Communities
     NSEERS "Special Registration"
     Other Resources for Muslim Communities
Rescources for Noncitizens in Removal Proceedings Without Legal Representation (Pro Se Guides and Materials)
Resources for Student and Employment Visas

Analysis of Recent Executive Orders

For analysis of the recent Executive Orders (full text postings of the orders themselves will be available here), please visit these resources:

Hotlines

Hate Crimes/Bias Hotlines

New York State Incident Bias Hotline – New Yorkers who have experienced bias or discrimination are encouraged to call New York State’s Division of Human Rights’ toll-free hotline at (888) 392-3644 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday.

Immigration Legal Referral Hotlines

New York State Office for New Americans Hotline (to be connected with free or low-fee legal services): 1-800-566-7636
New York City Action NYC (for general information and referrals to free legal services): 1-800-354-0365
Immigrant Defense Project Criminal-Immigration Helpline (for advice about the immigration consequences of criminal charges or convictions): 212-725-6422 (leave voicemail)

Interactive Online Resources

Immi – a free online screening tool that provides legal information and referrals to nonprofit legal services organizations (by Immigration Advocates Network and Probono.net)
MigraMap – an online form for reporting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Raids
New York Immigration Coalition Hate Crime Reporting Form – a form for reporting incidents of hate/bias for advocacy purposes
The Accompany Project - for New Yorkers who are willing to accompany their neighbors on their commute in light of recent harassment and threats toward people of color, LGBTQ folks, and Muslims

Know Your Rights Resources and Written Guides

Anti-Deportations Toolkit – Resources to organize public campaigns to stop individual deportations (by #Not1More)
Are you worried that you or your family is at risk of a home raid by ICE? Be prepared! – 2 page flyer with action plan (by Make the Road NY)
Arrestos de Inmigración en Nuestra Comunidad: Lo Que Necesitas Saber Para Proteger Tus Derechos – folleto de 11 paginas (por Immigrant Defense Project)
Authorization for Release of Health Information Pursuant to HIPAA (courtesy of Immigrant Defense Project)
Autorización Para la Revelación de la Información de Salud Conforme con la Ley de HIPAA (cortesía de Immigrant Defense Project)
Combating Immigration Provider Fraud: A Training Guide (by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
DAPA (Deferred Action for Parents of Americans) Scams Flyer [Spanish] [French]
Ejemplo de Carta Notariada de Designación de Custodia (cortesía de Women’s Refugee Commission)
Entérate De Tus Derechos – volante de dos páginas (por Immigrant Defense Project)
Immigration Arrests in the Community: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Rights – 11 page booklet (by Immigrant Defense Project)
Know Your Rights – including a “rights card” (by National Immigration Law Center)
Know Your Rights – including resources for relatives of detained individuals (by Families for Freedom)
Know Your Rights, Charitable Giving (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)
Know Your Rights, Flying While Muslim (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)
Know Your Rights! Protect Yourself Against Immigration Raids – deportation defense cards (by United We Dream)
Know Your Rights: What To Do If You’re Stopped by Police, Immigration Agents or the FBI (by the ACLU)
Know Your Rights with ICE – 2 page flyer (by Immigrant Defense Project)
¿Le preocupa que usted o su familia estén en riesgo de una redada domiciliaria de ICE? ¡Prepárese! – volante de 2 páginas con plan de acción (por Make the Road NY)
Palm Card: What to Do If You're Stopped by the Police - English and Spanish (by the New York Civil Liberties Union)
Poster for documenting a home raid – 11” x 17” (by Immigrant Defense Project)
Poster para documentar redadas domiciliarias - 11” x 17” (por Immigrant Defense Project)
Protecting Immigrant New Yorkers: Common Scams (by the New York Immigration Coalition)
Sample Power of Attorney Form (courtesy of the Women’s Refugee Commission)
Street Safety for Trans and Non-Conforming Youth (by Street Wise and Safe in collaboration with the Center for Urban Pedagogy)

Post-Election Updates and Advisories

Advising immigrant clients after the 2016 presidential election: FAQs for criminal defense attorneys (by Immigrant Defense Project)
Immigrant Concerns Under the Trump Administration (by Legal Aid Society)
Message to Immigrant New Yorkers from Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Mark-Viverito - with a list of resources for NYC immigrants (by NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs)
Post-Election Talking Points and Resources (by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
Preocupaciones Sobre Inmigración Bajo la Administración de Trump (by Legal Aid Society)
5 Important Things You Need To Know About DACA during a Trump Presidency (by United We Dream)

Resources for Children/Youth

Asylum for Children/Youth

Asylum for Children (by the National Immigrant Justice Center – A Heartland Alliance Program)
Asylum and Related Relief – Chapter 5 of Representing Unaccompanied Children: Training Manual for KIND Pro Bono Attorneys (by KIND: Kids in Need of Defense)
Children’s Asylum Manual (by the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies at UC Hastings)
What is Asylum? Including case law, country conditions and training materials (by the Safe Passage Project)

Deferred Action for Childhoon Arrivals (DACA)

5 Important Things You Need To Know About DACA during a Trump Presidency (by United We Dream)
Dreamer Intake Service (DIS): An online immigration screening tool for undocumented young people (by Educators for Fair Consideration)
New York City DREAMer Loan Fund - supports DREAMers in New York City who are applying for DACA Renewals and Advanced Parole [flyer here] (by New Economy Project)

LGBTQ Youth

Queer Detainee Empowerment Project (see brochure here)
Street Safety for Trans and Non-Conforming Youth (by Street Wise and Safe in collaboration with the Center for Urban Pedagogy)

Schools/Adults Working with Kids

The New York State Youth Leadership Council works to empower immigrant youth through leadership development, grassroots organizing, educational advancement, and self-expression. For more information about NYSYLC visit: https://www.nysylc.org/
Post-Election: What Educators Can Do to Support Undocumented Students (by Educators for Fair Consideration)
UnLocal, Inc. provides easy, straightforward and clear education on immigration law, programs, and news through workshops at schools, community-based organizations & places of worship. To request an UnLocal presentation at your school, visit: http://www.unlocal.org/request-speaker/

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

Representing Unaccompanied Children: Training Manual for KIND Pro Bono Attorneys (by KIND: Kids in Need of Defense)
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: A Step-by-Step Guide for Safe Passage Project Volunteer Attorneys (by the Safe Passage Project)
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (by the National Immigrant Justice Center – A Heartland Alliance Program)
Useful Documents for Attorneys Representing Unaccompanied Children (by the National Immigrant Justice Center – A Heartland Alliance Program)
What is SIJS? Including case law and training materials (by the Safe Passage Project)

Resources for Muslim Immigrant Communities

Harassment and Threats

Know Your Rights and Responsibilities as an American Muslim (by Council on American-Islamic Relations)
New York State Incident Bias Hotline – New Yorkers who have experienced bias or discrimination are encouraged to call New York State’s Division of Human Rights’ toll-free hotline at (888) 392-3644 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday.
The Accompany Project - for New Yorkers who are willing to accompany their neighbors on their commute in light of recent harassment and threats toward people of color, LGBTQ folks, and Muslims
The Accompany Project- email accompany.my.neighbor@gmail.com if you are facing harassment/threats and fear walking alone.

Law Enforcement Surveillance of Muslim Communities

Mapping Muslims: NYPD Spying and Its Impact on Muslims (by the Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition, Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund)
Muslim Advocates, What You Need to Know: FBI Visits To Your Community (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)
Raza v. City of New York : lawsuit challenging surveillance of Muslim Communities – settlement pending
What Are Your Rights During an Interaction with Law Enforcement? – available in English and Arabic (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)
What You Should Know About Informants (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)

NSEERS “Special Registration”

NSEERS: The Consequences of America’s Efforts to Secure its Borders (by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee & the Center for Immigrants’ Rights at Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson School of Law)
Registration and Monitoring of Certain Nonimmigrants; Final Rule, 67 Fed. Reg. 52584, 52593 (August 12, 2002) (amending 8 CFR §§ 214 and 264) – original NSEERS rule
Removing Designated Countries From the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, (NSEERS), 76 Fed. Reg. 23830, 23831 (April 28, 2011) (amending 8 CFR §§ 214 and 264) - final rule suspending NSEERS registration as redundant and unnecessary

Other Resources for Muslim Communities

Arab American Association of New York – supports and empowers Arab Immigrant and Arab American community by providing services to help them adjust to their new homes
Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility (CLEAR) – provides Know Your Rights trainings, materials, free legal advice and representation and organizing support) – 718-340-4558 or cunyclear@law.cuny.edu
Know Your Rights, Charitable Giving (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)
Know Your Rights, Flying While Muslim (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)

Resources for Noncitizens in Removal Proceedings Without Legal Representation (Pro Se Guides and Materials)

How to Defend Your Own Case/Como Defender Su Propio Caso – Pro Se guides on forms of relief (by The Florence Project)
Legal Orientation Program – Pro Se materials for detained adults (by the Vera Institute of Justice)

Resources for Student and Employment Visas

Basic Guidelines: Student and Exchange Visitor Program Employment – information about on-campus and off-campus employment for foreign students (by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
Permanent Workers – information about the various types of employment-based immigrant visa categories (by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)
School Search Map – use this tool to find Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)-certified schools and programs eligible to enroll F-1 and M-1 students in the United States (by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
STEM-Designated Degree Program List – last updated in 2012 (by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
STEM OPT – for rules and regulations for the optional practical training (OPT) extension for F-1 students with science, technology, engineering and mathematics degrees. Includes a tutorial on how to complete form I-983 (by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security)