Know Your Rights: Immigration Enforcement

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The New York Public Lawyers of Interest and The Lawyers Alliance of New York have assembled a resource that provides resources for understanding the law around immigration enforcement. The document targets non-profits but it is important that the greater community is aware of this information.

According to the NYPL website:

 This guide provides practical advice on how to deal with specific scenarios and background on key issue areas, including:

  • What happens if ICE comes to your nonprofit?
  • How can nonprofits manage staff and clients during an immigration enforcement action?
  • What should nonprofits do if they receive an ICE subpoena?

This guidance is for informational purposes only and reflects current policies, which may change.

Non-Profit Providers that run programming in public or private buildings must be aware the difference between a judicial search & seizure  warrant versus a warrant of removal/ deportation.

Included are samples within the booklet to educate individuals on what to look for.

Document is NOT legally sufficient to allow immigration agents into homes or the non-public areas of facilities, buildings, organizations, businesses or other premises.

You can download a copy here.

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Clarisa James
Clarisa James is the Co-Founder/Executive Director of DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice. For the past seven years DIVAS has provided free or sliding scale technology training to youth in underserved communities in Central Brooklyn and Southeast Queens. Ms. James has been dedicated to youth development work for the past 15years in the roles of Teaching Artist, After School Director, Curriculum Specialist and artist. Her life's work encompasses empowering youth in underserved communities to use technology for social change and think critically about the issues that are affecting them most. For the past seven years Ms. James has facilitated workshops that help youth develop multimedia projects around environmental justice, housing, leadership development and reproductive justice. Ms. James holds an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College's Film & Media Department. In addition to DIVAS for Social Justice, Ms. James currently serves on the advisory board of the Children’s Cabinet, Office of the Deputy Mayor Strategic Policy Initiatives at City Hall. Clarisa James is full of gratitude to her parents for providing such a wonderful upbringing and having the foresight to move into the community of Laurelton in the early 1970's. Clarisa is proud to be a daughter of Laurelton.

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