Resources for Immigrants/Recursos para inmigrantes

Resources for Immigrants

Immigration Hotlines | Líneas Directas de Inmigración

Immigration Equality – National LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Legal Emergency Help: 1-212-714-2904 (hotline open weekdays during daytime hours EST) or go to their website to fill out a contact form: www.immigrationequality.org/get-legal-help/#.WphaiRPwYWo

• National Immigration Detention Hotline: 9233# (open Monday through Friday 8am to 8pm PT / 11am to 11pm ET) or for more information on the hotline you can also go to: https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/hotline
• United We Dream. To report a raid call 1-844-363-1423. Or send a text message to 877877. If possible, take photos and videos, and notes.
• National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) hotline: 1-844-500-3222
• Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative – SIFI (Southern Poverty Law Center) Helpline 1-800-591-3656 or 1-404-521-6700
• Tahirih’s Afghan Asylum Line 1-888-991-0852 Open Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST.

For Raids, Detentions, & Deportations NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY

• New York City: 1-212-725-6422 (Immigrant Defense Project)
• New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs: 1-800-354-0365 from 9-5 to get free and safe immigration legal help. For help outside these hours call 311 and say “ActionNYC”
• Immigrant Defense Project Hotline: 1-212-725-6422 for people or families of those facing in detention and/or facing deportation – Open; Tues & Thurs 2-4:30, (nationwide)
• Long Island: 1-516-387-2043 (Long Island Dream Act Coaltion)
• Statewide office of the Governor – New Americans Hotline – confidential and anonymous, multi-lingual: 1-800-566-7636 or go to www.newamericans.ny.gov/hotline/hotline.html
• Ithaca/Tompkins County: 607-358-5119
• New York/New Jersey Rapid Response Network: 1-800-308-0878
• Ulster Rapid Response: Contact 845-293-3423 to reports of ICE activity in Ulster County. 
• For other states: https://nnirr.org/education-resources/community-resources-legal-assistance-recursos-comunitarios-asistencia-legal/immigration-hotlines-lineas-directas-de-inmigracion/

Know your rights: If you encounter ICE

https://immigrantjustice.org/for-immigrants/know-your-rights/ice-encounter/

They advocate for the rights of all immigrants in New York State:

https://www.nyic.org

More information:

https://immigrantsrising.org/support-for-immigrant-families-targeted-for-deportation/

Health Care Providers and Immigration Enforcement: Know Your Rights, Know Your Patients’ Rights

https://www.nilc.org/resources/healthcare-provider-and-patients-rights-imm-enf/

Rights for Workers:

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/LegalRightsandProtections/Wilberforce/Documents/Wilberforce%20Pamphlet%20ENGLISH.pdf