Know Your Rights
Know your rights and stay safe! Explore the resources and informational guides below to stay informed and empowered.
You always have the right to remain silent. If you are asserting your right to remain silent, SAY SO OUT LOUD.
Those with immigration status should carry relevant immigration documents at all times. These should be PAPER copies.
Fleeing draws attention, arouses suspicion, and may lead to your detention or arrest. Stay calm.
If you are in police custody or detention, you have the right to speak with your attorney.
Never present false documentation to a government official. Do not lie. It is better to remain silent than to lie.
No matter whose custody you are in, you have a right to information in a language you understand.
Your Rights can be different depending on the law enforcement agency.
Here are pictures of the two type of of law enforcement.
State or local police uniforms may vary in color and form. But they do not say ICE.
City Police
State Trooper
Uniforms say ICE somewhere on their clothing.
Sherriffs
What to do in if you are approached by ICE at your home.
A valid search warrant must be issued by a court and be signed by a judge.
If an ICE agent comes to your home, you do not have to open the door.
If they say they have a warrant, ask them to slide it under the door or hold it against a window.
If you are detained by police, you have the right to remain silent and you have the right to speak to a lawyer
Immigration warrants do NOT authorize officers to enter your home.
This. is an immigration arrest warrant. It DOES NOT allow entry into your home.
Issued by the department of homeland security.
The warrant is only valid if it is for the exact address and for someone who currently lives in the home.