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Analysis of Recent Executive Orders
Hotlines
     Hate Crimes/Bias Hotlines
     Immigration Legal Referral Hotlines
Interactive Online Resources
Know Your Rights Resources and Written Guides
Post-Election Updates and Advisories
Resources for Children/Youth
     Asylum for Children/Youth
     Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
     LGBTQ Youth
     Schools/Adults Working with Kids
     Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)
Resources for Muslim Immigrant Communities
     Harassment and Threats
     Law Enforcement Surveillance of Muslim Communities
     NSEERS "Special Registration"
     Other Resources for Muslim Communities
Rescources for Noncitizens in Removal Proceedings Without Legal Representation (Pro Se Guides and Materials)
Resources for Student and Employment Visas
 

Analysis of Recent Executive Orders

For analysis of the recent Executive Orders (full text postings of the orders themselves will be available ), please visit these resources:

Hotlines

Hate Crimes/Bias Hotlines

  • New Yorkers who have experienced bias or discrimination are encouraged to call New York State’s Division of Human Rights’ toll-free hotline at (888) 392-3644 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday.

Immigration Legal Referral Hotlines

  • New York State Office for New Americans Hotline (to be connected with free or low-fee legal services): 1-800-566-7636
  • (for general information and referrals to free legal services): 1-800-354-0365
  • (for advice about the immigration consequences of criminal charges or convictions): 212-725-6422 (leave voicemail)

Interactive Online Resources

  • – a free online screening tool that provides legal information and referrals to nonprofit legal services organizations (by Immigration Advocates Network and Probono.net)
  • – an online form for reporting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Raids
  • – a form for reporting incidents of hate/bias for advocacy purposes
  • - for New Yorkers who are willing to accompany their neighbors on their commute in light of recent harassment and threats toward people of color, LGBTQ folks, and Muslims

Know Your Rights Resources and Written Guides

  • – Resources to organize public campaigns to stop individual deportations (by #Not1More)
  • – 2 page flyer with action plan (by Make the Road NY)
  • – folleto de 11 paginas (por Immigrant Defense Project)
  • (courtesy of Immigrant Defense Project)
  • (cortesía de Immigrant Defense Project)
  • (by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
  • DAPA (Deferred Action for Parents of Americans) Scams Flyer  [Spanish] [French]
  • (cortesía de Women’s Refugee Commission)
  • – volante de dos páginas (por Immigrant Defense Project)
  • – 11 page booklet (by Immigrant Defense Project)
  • – including a “rights card” (by National Immigration Law Center)
  • – including resources for relatives of detained individuals (by Families for Freedom)
  • (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)
  • (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)
  • – deportation defense cards (by United We Dream)
  • (by the ACLU)
  • – 2 page flyer (by Immigrant Defense Project)
  • – volante de 2 páginas con plan de acción (por Make the Road NY)
  • (by the New York Civil Liberties Union)
  • (by Immigrant Defense Project)
  • (por Immigrant Defense Project)
  • (by the New York Immigration Coalition)
  • (courtesy of the Women’s Refugee Commission)
  • (by Street Wise and Safe in collaboration with the Center for Urban Pedagogy)

Post-Election Updates and Advisories

Resources for Children/Youth

Asylum for Children/Youth

  • (by the National Immigrant Justice Center – A Heartland Alliance Program)
  • – Chapter 5 of Representing Unaccompanied Children: Training Manual for KIND Pro Bono Attorneys (by KIND: Kids in Need of Defense)
  • (by the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies at UC Hastings)
  •  Including case law, country conditions and training materials (by the Safe Passage Project)

Deferred Action for Childhoon Arrivals (DACA)

  • (by United We Dream)
  • : An online immigration screening tool for undocumented young people (by Educators for Fair Consideration)
  • - supports DREAMers in New York City who are applying for DACA Renewals and Advanced Parole [flyer here] (by New Economy Project)

LGBTQ Youth

  • (see brochure here)
  • (by Street Wise and Safe in collaboration with the Center for Urban Pedagogy)

Schools/Adults Working with Kids

  • The works to empower immigrant youth through leadership development, grassroots organizing, educational advancement, and self-expression. For more information about NYSYLC visit:
  • (by Educators for Fair Consideration)
  • provides easy, straightforward and clear education on immigration law, programs, and news through workshops at schools, community-based organizations & places of worship. To request an UnLocal presentation at your school, visit:

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

  • (by KIND: Kids in Need of Defense)
  • (by the Safe Passage Project)
  • (by the National Immigrant Justice Center – A Heartland Alliance Program)
  • (by the National Immigrant Justice Center – A Heartland Alliance Program)
  • Including case law and training materials (by the Safe Passage Project)

Resources for Muslim Immigrant Communities

Harassment and Threats

  • (by Council on American-Islamic Relations)
  • New Yorkers who have experienced bias or discrimination are encouraged to call New York State’s Division of Human Rights’ toll-free hotline at (888) 392-3644 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday.
  • - for New Yorkers who are willing to accompany their neighbors on their commute in light of recent harassment and threats toward people of color, LGBTQ folks, and Muslims
  • - email accompany.my.neighbor@gmail.com if you are facing harassment/threats and fear walking alone.

Law Enforcement Surveillance of Muslim Communities

  • (by the Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition, Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund)
  • (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)
  • : lawsuit challenging surveillance of Muslim Communities – settlement pending  
  • – available in English and Arabic (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)
  • (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)

NSEERS “Special Registration”

  • (by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee &  the Center for Immigrants’ Rights at Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson School of Law)
  • , 67 Fed. Reg. 52584, 52593 (August 12, 2002) (amending 8 CFR §§ 214 and 264) – original NSEERS rule
  • , 76 Fed. Reg. 23830, 23831 (April 28, 2011) (amending 8 CFR §§ 214 and 264) - final rule suspending NSEERS registration as redundant and unnecessary

Other Resources for Muslim Communities

  • – supports and empowers Arab Immigrant and Arab American community by providing services to help them adjust to their new homes
  • – provides Know Your Rights trainings, materials, free legal advice and representation and organizing support) –  718-340-4558 or cunyclear@law.cuny.edu
  • (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)
  • (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)

Resources for Noncitizens in Removal Proceedings Without Legal Representation (Pro Se Guides and Materials)

  • – Pro Se guides on forms of relief (by The Florence Project)
  • – Pro Se materials for detained adults (by the Vera Institute of Justice)

Resources for Student and Employment Visas

  • – information about on-campus and off-campus employment for foreign students (by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
  • – information about the various types of employment-based immigrant visa categories (by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)
  • – use this tool to find Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)-certified schools and programs eligible to enroll F-1 and M-1 students in the United States (by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
  • – last updated in 2012 (by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
  • – for rules and regulations for the optional practical training (OPT) extension for F-1 students with science, technology, engineering and mathematics degrees. Includes a tutorial on how to complete form I-983 (by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security)