Know Your Rights
On the street, at protests, when an agent comes to your door:
- If an Agent Knocks (Center for Constitutional Rights)
- Descargue la versión en español: Si Un Agente Golpes.
- ڈاؤن لوڈ ، اتارنا اردو ورژن :ایک ایجنٹ دستک دیتا ہے اگر
- تحميل النسخة العربية : إذا الدقات عامل
- When the FBI knocks (Muslim Justice League)
- CUNY CLEAR also provides know your rights trainings on the following issues:
- KYR! Learn how to protect you and your family during immigration raids
- KYR In Case of Immigration/Police Raid (INCITE!)
- KYR: What To Do If You’re Stopped by the Police, Immigration Agents, or the FBI (ACLU)
- Survival Guide for Trans Women in California State Prisons (TGIJP)
- KYR in home and street encounters with ICE (Immigrant Defense Project)
Open warrants, expungement of previous convictions (clearing your record)
NY: Criminal Justice: Rap Sheet Resources – How to Get, Correct, and Seal Criminal Records (Legal Action Center)
- Massachusetts: Know Your CORI Rights: Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) Sealing and Cori Reform (Greater Boston Legal Services)
Services
- Muslim Justice League hotline for free representation when contacted by FBI – (857) 256-1310
- CUNY CLEAR – Clinic at CUNY Law School that offers legal advice and representation to Muslim, Arab, and South Asian people who have been affected by national security and counterterrorism policies (including questioning by police/government agents and surveillance) – CLEAR Project, Main Street Legal Services, Inc., 2 Court Square, Long Island City, NY 11101, Phone: (718) 340-4558, Email: cunyclear@mail.law.cuny.edu
- Immigrant Defense Project Criminal-Immigration Helpline – 212-725-6422
Documenting Police Behavior
If you have a smartphone consider the ACLU police conduct app. It gets video of police encounters you record straight to the ACLU. It can also alert other users nearby to come serve as additional witnesses. https://www.aclu.org/feature/aclu-apps-record-police-conduct