Community Resource Kits: From Raids to Deportation - Spanish, French, English

Information on ICE Enforcement, Detention, and Deportation

Step-by-step information about what communities and families can do when a loved one is detained, especially within the first 24 hours. Also included is how you can protect yourself from future raids, facts about the ICE detention and deportation system as well as flyers and other resources.

For Individuals:
  • What to Do if You or a Loved One is Apprehended?
  • How Can You Protect Yourselves From Future Arrests?
For Community Groups:
  • What to Do If You Get a Call About a Raid/Arrest?
  • How Can Your Local Organization Target the Federal Agencies Responsible for Raids/Arrests?
  • How Can We Proactively Educate our Communities and the Broader Public about Detentions and Deportations?
  • Emergency Response to Raids: The First 72 hours
This is a detailed explanation showing the steps to take in case of a raid, with addresses and phone numbers of government officials, human rights organizations and legal and advocacy groups.
  • Appendices in English
  • Phone Questionnaire
  • Tips for Detained Persons Who Call
  • Document and Information Collection
  • Power of Attorney forms in English and Spanish
A flow chart on ICE raids and sweeps, ICE deportation, detention, Immigration Courts and Board of Immigration Appeals, Federal Courts and more.

RAIDS TO DEPORTATION: POLICY MAP (including selected proposals from last Congressional session)
A flow chart on the policy considerations of the Deportation system.

  • Do I get a telephone call?
  • What happens to my belongings?
  • How does my family find out where I am detained?
  • How do I obtain legal information?
These and many other questions are answered in this document.

  • Develop a Plan
  • Suggested Implementation
  • Educate the Community
  • Gather Resources to use for Raids/Detention purposes
  • Suggested Community Responses to a Raid

Kits courtesy The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild

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