Immigrant Allies

Empowering yourself with knowledge of your legal rights is fundamental to effective allyship. It's crucial to understand your rights when:

Talking to Other People About Their Rights

Interacting with Law Enforcement

Stopped by the Police

Protesting

It's also important to know the rights of immigrants so you can educate others on their rights. 

Immigrant Rights in Idaho

Immigrant Rights

Download these cards for printing or online distribution. Information is from the ACLU. 

• Know Your Rights: ICE at your door (English)
• Know Your Rights: ICE at your door (Spanish)

Red cards are to be given to an immigration enforcement agent or police officer as a declaration of your rights under the U.S. Constitution. Red cards are provided by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. 

• Red Cards (English)
• Red Cards (Spanish)

Idaho Emergency Immigration Preparedness Toolkit, by The Alliance of Idaho

• What documents to prepare ahead of time, from The Alliance of Idaho
• Toolkit to fill out vital information ahead of time, from The Alliance of Idaho

Immigration Preparedness Toolkit, from Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC).

• Download immigration preparedness toolkit in English
• Download immigration preparedness toolkit in Spanish

Show immigrant families that they are safe at your business, home, church, or school by printing out these signs and posting them.

• English sign with ICE
• English sign without ICE
• Spanish sign with ICE
• Spanish sign without ICE

Guidance for Schools - Immigration Enforcement

KNOW THE DIFFERENCE: Judicial Warrants vs. Deportation/Arrest Orders
ICE can only access a non-public area if they have a valid judicial warrant, which should be reviewed and validated by legal counsel before decisions about access are made. A judicial warrant must be signed by a judge, name the location where the agent is permitted to enter, and name the student. 

School personnel have the common law responsibility to care for children in place of their parents while children are at school.

School personnel are not obligated to report an undocumented student or family member to ICE, or to assist ICE in apprehending that student. The relevant laws governing schools and students give the school the authority and the obligation to protect undocumented students, including from ICE. 

Guidance for Health Centers - Immigration Enforcement

KNOW THE DIFFERENCE: Judicial Warrants vs. Deportation/Arrest Orders
ICE can only access a non-public area if they have a valid judicial warrant, which should be reviewed and validated by legal counsel before decisions about access are made. A judicial warrant must be signed by a judge, name the location where the agent is permitted to enter, and name the patient. 

ICE agents may be excluded from private areas that are clearly posted and enforced for patients and family. Non-public areas include treatment rooms, inpatient units, offices, etc. essentially anything not open to the public. 

Guidance for Churches - Immigration Enforcement

Places of worship are not legally obligated to enforce immigration law, nor can they be forced to.

Church officials are not required to answer any questions from ICE and you should seek advice from a lawyer before answering any questions from law enforcement authorities. You are not required to tell them anything about anyone’s immigration status.

KNOW THE DIFFERENCE: Judicial Warrants vs. Deportation/Arrest Orders
ICE can only access a non-public area if they have a valid judicial warrant, which should be reviewed and validated by legal counsel before decisions about access are made. A judicial warrant must be signed by a judge, name the location where the agent is permitted to enter, and name the patient.

The immigration system in the U.S. is notoriously complicated. There is a lot of misinformation about the immigration process and how people can become U.S. citizens. There are four primary avenues for lawful entry into the United States: family-based immigration, employment-based immigration, refugees & asylum seekers, and the diversity visa program.

Family-Based Immigration

Employment-Based Immigration

Refugee and Asylum Seekers

Diversity Visa Program