From Raids
to
Deportation:
A Community
Resource
Kit
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO RAIDS: The First 72 hours
GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION!
Use Appendix A, Phone Intake Form
With the right information, you can help find someone in detention
(Page 4), provide information to communities and family members
(Page 5), monitor and report abuses during the raid and in detention
(Page 11), find lawyers for detained persons (Page 8), and advocate on behalf of those
who are detained.
VERIFY IF A RAID IS HAPPENING
ACT QUICKLY TO STOP DETAINEE TRANSFERS
TAKE THE CALL AND PROVIDE INFORMATION!
FIND LAWYERS EXPERIENCED IN DEPORTATION DEFENSE
UNIONS: ASK THE EMPLOYER TO ALLOW COMNMUNITY ADVOCATES
AND ATTORNEYS EXPERIENCED IN DEPORTATION DEFENSE TO ENTER
THE WORKSITE
Ask sympathetic local elected officials to verify that a raid has occurred, e.g. Mayor’s
office, City Council, State Senator, or Congress members, etc.
Out-of state transfers can happen in a couple of days. It is important to make contact
with those arrested as soon as possible and secure legal counsel for them to reduce the
risk that they will be transferred. See Pages 6 and 9 for more information.
To stop mass transfers, consider contacting attorneys to file lawsuits to stop the
transfers, See pages 9, 13 and 14.
People detained usually must call ”collect” from a jail (that is, your organization will be
charged for the call). Information you provide may help a person in detention preserve
their rights, navigate the detention system, contact their family, and stop a transfer to
another jail. For information to tell detained persons, see Appendix B.
See Page 9 to find out how to find lawyers experienced in deportation defense and
detention.
In addition, try to secure an agreement with the Employer that the Employer will not
provide information about detainees’ immigration status.
BE AN ADVOCATE
You can a visit a detention center (Page 7), hold a press conference, meet with the
Deportation Office to ask questions (Page 6), or demand investigations of civil rights
violations. On Pages 13 and 14, you can see what other groups have done and figure
out what is right for your organization.
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IMPORTANT BACKGROUND INFORMATION
IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITIES: The Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) is ultimately in charge of immigration
detention. The DHS sub-agency, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE), manages enforcement actions, raids, arrests and
the detention system. Each facility has different visitor and entry
policies.
While there are immigration-managed facilities, most immigrants are detained
in county or local jails or private contract facilities.
The detention facilities can be:
• ICE-managed facilities e.g. Krome Detention facility in Miami, FL
• Private contract facilities
• Local County Jail
• Federal prison
• Military Base
TREATMENT OF DETAINED PERSONS UNDER THE DETENTION STANDARDS:
Living conditions of detainees are governed by the ICE Detention Standards.
They cover medical care, access to legal counsel, visitation, law materials,
telephone access and other critical needs of incarcerated persons.
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You can download the Detention Standards at:
http://www.ice.gov/partners/dro/opsmanual/index.htm
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The Standards are routinely violated in immigration detention facilities.
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Advocates should keep a copy of the standards and refer to them when
investigating complaints of abuse or treatment in immigration detention.
TRANSFERS: BEWARE!
People arrested by ICE will first be processed by officers in an ICE Detention and
Removal Office or a short-term facility (such as a county jail) for up to 72
hours. Then, they may be transferred to another place for a longer-term stay,
often out-of-state. Some people may be transferred several times in the first
few weeks.
Transfers usually occur WITHOUT notice to family members or lawyers.
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HOW DO WE FIND THEM? Locating someone in detention
Finding a person detained by ICE is a challenge and you may get several different
answers. Be persistent and call frequently.
1. Information you will need:
• The person’s full name (including all aliases)
• Their date of birth,
• Their “A” number (“Alien Registration Number.”) The A number
is on most immigration papers, including a work permit, green
card, or any other document that immigration provides. It
looks like: A99 999 999.
2. Who do I call to find the detained person?
There is no one place that you can call to find someone. You may need to contact
some or all of these places.
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Local ICE Office of Detention and Removal Operations Offices (ICE-DRO):
The website provides information about different local ICE-DRO offices. Start
with the facilities closes to the raid location. If you can’t find a local office, call
the Washington, DC main number for more information: 202-305-2734.
Website: http://www.ice.gov/about/dro/contact.htm
ICE Detention Facilities: This is NOT a complete list of all detention facilities.
This list identifies facilities directly operated by ICE. Most detainees are detained
in local and county jails. Start with the facilities closest to the raid location.
Website: http://www.ice.gov/pi/dro/facilities.htm
Consulates and Embassies: Consular officers must protect their nationals.
Consulates are required by law to be notified when one of their nationals is
detained. They should help you find where someone is detained.
Website: http://www.embassy.org/embassies/
Detention Watch Network: DWN has created a map of detention centers, and
contact info for ICE-DRO offices and legal service providers. Website:
www.detentionwatchnetwork.org
Local nonprofit immigration service providers (preferably working in
detention): These groups have the most familiarity with ICE-DRO. They may
have good tips. See Detention Watch Network map for a local detention service
provider in your area.
Local elected officials, such as Mayor, City Council, or Senator. Ask them to
help you make the request to ICE-DRO.
If all else fails, start calling local jails or prisons. You can find their
information on the state website (Department of Corrections) or county
websites.
3. What if ICE-DRO will not release the information?
• Get a specific reason for the refusal.
• Explain your role (i.e. community organizer) in the process.
• Explain that you are serving as a translator for a family member who cannot speak
English (if that is true).
• Ask to speak to a supervisory deportation officer or the ICE Field Office Director
(the person who runs ICE Detention and Removal).
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WHAT TO TELL FAMILY MEMBERS WHO CALL YOU
If they are looking for a family member, give them information from “How
to find a detained person,”
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Action steps families can take:
1. Immediately collect the immigration documents of the person
in detention. (You need to find their A number and obtain a
copy of the “Notice to Appear”, an immigration charging
document.) See Appendix C, for more document collection material.
2. Do they know if their loved one has a prior deportation order or criminal arrests?
Get details of what offense was committed, when and where. Get copies of their
criminal record at County office in which they were convicted.
3. Call the telephone company to remove any blocks on their phones so their loved
ones can contact them.
4. Undocumented individuals should not visit the jail or detention center.
5. Before visiting a family member, call the facility and ask about visitation
restrictions and hours.
6. Has the loved one designated individuals to take care of children, property, etc
if detained? Children may be placed in child protection services if a parent is not
available. The detained person can give legal power to someone they trust to make
important decisions on their behalf while they are detained. This is called a “power
of attorney” and varies from state to state.
7. If they want to hire a lawyer, provide them with referrals of lawyers experienced in
deportation defense. Make sure that the lawyer has reviewed the immigration
charging document, called a Notice to Appear or has reviewed other immigration
papers/background information of the detained person. Sign a contract for
services with the lawyer, called a “retainer” agreement. **If the person is unhappy
with the services of their lawyer, tell them to keep communications with the lawyer
in writing.
8. Send them “I am detained by Immigration… What are my rights?”
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DEALING WITH ICE AFTER A RAID OR ARRESTS: SOME SUGGESTIONS
1. Contact the ICE Field Director of Detention and Removal: If your organization
wants to advocate on behalf of community members in
detention, inform the Field-Director of your organization’s
involvement with persons in detention. The Field Director
manages the local ICE Detention and Removal office (ICE-DRO).
Suggested action plan:
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Meet with the ICE Field Director and DRO staff to obtain details of the arrest or
raid
Request that ICE not transfer individuals to another facility. If you believe
that ICE plans a transfer, consider contacting attorneys and civil rights groups to
bring a lawsuit to stop the transfer. (See Pages 13-14)
Raise specific medical, humanitarian concerns or abuse of detained persons
with the Field Director and the Officer-In-Charge (deportation officer in
jail), if OIC exists.
o Those who require regular/prompt medication or who have specific
conditions, such as diabetes or pregnancy.
o Individuals who present good cases for release, such as individuals with
young children, elderly parents, disabled family members, etc.
o Inform them if you know or believe that civil rights violations were
committed during the jail or in the detention center, such as arrests
based purely on racial profiling.
If you feel some cases are particularly compelling, ask he Field Office
Director to use prosecutorial discretion and cancel removal proceedings.
Prosecutorial discretion is a way of asking immigration not to enforce
immigration law against an individual. To ask for this, you will need to involve
local elected officials and other community members. This is a long-term
campaign. To develop a prosecutorial discretion campaign, consult the Families
for Freedom toolkit “ARM.”
http://www.familiesforfreedom.org/downloads/CaseCampaign.pdf
2. Every person has a specific deportation officer in charge of their case. Cases are
assigned by nationality or by last name. Get the name of the officer and their direct
telephone line! Ask them what are the best times to contact them.
3. The staff may attempt to bar access of lawyers or legal advocates to the facility. If
the facility is not run by ICE, Ask/Demand that the Field Office Director or
Deportation Officer help facilitate access. Be persistent.
• Ask the ICE officer-in-charge (OIC) of the facility to call the jail if the staff does
not let you in.
• If the ICE field director does not want to assist, consider calling Public Affairs at
ICE Headquarters (202) 514-2648 for help to enter a facility.
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HOW TO CONTACT A PERSON IN DETENTION OR ORGANIZE
A VISIT TO A DETENTION CENTER
1. Contacting a person in detention:
• If it is urgent, call the jail and ask to speak with the officer in charge of
immigration detainees or ask for the officer in charge of the “pod” or “unit” for
immigration detainees. For an immigration-run facility, you will have to speak to
an ICE officer.
• After you are transferred, tell the officer that you need to discuss urgent
personal matters or matters relating to that person’s case. Don’t lie.
• If the officer refuses, tell the officer to pass on a message to the person that
he/she needs to contact you immediately. Don’t forget to provide your contact
information.
• Getting documents signed by someone in detention: Call the jail or OIC to see
how to get documents signed.
2. Call the facility and ask about their visitation rules. (Lawyers should be able to
meet with their clients when they want. Lawyers should bring their bar card or
attorney registration information to the facility.)
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What are visiting hours?
Who can visit the person and for how long?
Are there any special requirements?
Are you allowed to give anything to the detainee? (Most jails forbid any gift
giving but you may be able to put money into their account.)
If you follow the rules, but you still have problems entering the jail or the jail
flatly denies access for lawyers, call the Field Director of ICE and ask them to
help you access the jail. If they refuse, contact Public Affairs at ICE HQ in
Washington DC. At (202) 514-2648. Consider media and legislative advocacy
strategies (See Pages 13 and 14).
3. Record abuses. Abuses happen in immigration detention, during raids or when
people are processed. It is important to obtain very specific information about the
abuse or the care that is not being provided, such as failure to provide required
medications.
• Get the specific details surrounding the arrest and raid (time, place, chronology
leading to the abuse, treatment of person during arrest, names of officers).
• Get specific information about denials or obstacles in obtaining medical care,
lack of functioning phones, access to attorneys or legal materials, visitation with
family members.
• Give them a copy of “Know Your Rights in Detention.”
4. Bring a screening questionnaire so that an immigration advocate can find out
if the person has an immigration case.
• Ask your local detention service provider or local immigration advocates
experienced in deportation defense to give you a screening questionnaire.
• Try to obtain specific information about prior deportation orders or any criminal
history or arrests. (What offense, where they were arrested/convicted, when did
it occur?)
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5. Ask the person if they have designated individuals to take care of their
children or make decisions about their personal property.
If not, ask them for the names, address and DOB for individuals who can do that. Ask
them to include individuals with lawful status. The detained person can give legal
power to someone they trust to make important decisions on their behalf while they
are detained. This is called a “power of attorney” and varies from state to state. (See
Appendix D, Sample power of attorney for detained individuals in Iowa and Nebraska.)
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HOW TO FIND ATTORNEYS FOR CASE CONSULTATION
1. What kind of lawyer should we be looking for?
You need immigration lawyers experienced in deportation defense. (To find one, see
“Resources” section below). Keep a list of lawyers available in your organization for
future use.
2. What things can a lawyer help with?
The lawyer can provide information on the following:
• Does the person have a way to fight his deportation case?
• Is the detainee having problems in the jail and how to fix them?
• Can they stop ICE from transferring the person out of the area?
• Can the attorney help detainees designate individuals who will make
decisions on behalf of their children and property? This may help children
from being abandoned or entering child protective services. (See sample
attached power of attorney.)
• Local chapters of lawyer organizations may partner with you on advocacy
actions and exploring legal avenues for arrested persons. Chapters of the
National Lawyers Guild (NLG) or the American Immigration Lawyers
Association (AILA) might help you with advocacy.
o AILA local chapter chair:
http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=1188.
o National Lawyers Guild Chapters: www.nlg.org - click on “Chapters”
3. The lawyer can have a pre-representation meeting. The attorney can file a G-28
in order to have an interview, both to conduct an initial legal assessment and to get
access if family/community members are denied. The G-28 can be downloaded at
http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/g-28.htm. Fax the form to
the Deportation Officer immediately. With this form on file, the attorney may also
be able to convince the ICE officer to stop any transfers.
4. Places to find immigration attorneys or local service providers
• The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild:
www.nationalimmigrationproject.org. Click on: “Looking for An Attorney?”
• The American Immigration Lawyers Association: Look on the AILA website for
attorney referrals: www.ailalawyer.com.
• Local/state immigration legal service providers and immigrant rights groups
• The Detention Watch Network website www.detentionwatchnetwork.org
contains a map of detention centers, ICE offices and local service providers.
• Immigration low-cost or free service providers list: the American Bar Association
keeps a list of low-cost immigration service providers (these groups may or may
not represent detained individuals)
http://www.abanet.org/publicserv/immigration/legal_services_directory_map.sh
tml
• For questions about civil rights violations, contact your local chapter of the
American Civil-Liberties Union (ACLU). www.aclu.org or Mexican-American
Legal Defense Fund, www.maldef.org.
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HOW TO GET SOMEONE OUT OF IMMIGRATION DETENTION
1. Try to get the person released on bond
• Find out whether the person is eligible for a bond.
(This is complicated, and you will need someone
experienced in immigration law to help you.)
• Ask for a bond hearing with an immigration judge
right away. (See “Know Your Rights in Detention”)
• Prepare for the bond hearing. (see “Know Your
Rights in Detention”)
• Arrange money for bond. You have to pay the full
amount. You can pay the bond at any ICE bond
office. Bond must be paid by cashier’s check or a bank money order, payable
to the Department of Homeland Security. The person paying the bond MUST
have some kind of immigration status, identification and a social security
card! Immigration Bail Bond companies are available, but review their terms
VERY carefully.
2. What if the bond amount is too high for our community members?
Call or send a letter (on your letterhead) to the Field Office Director or the
Detention Officer of the detainee asking them to consider reducing the bond
amount. In the letter, provide information about your personal knowledge of the
person and why they will not be a danger to society or a flight risk.
3. Get documents to support a request for bond– See Appendix C
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HOW TO SEND THE GOVERNMENT A COMPLAINT ABOUT
DETENTION CONDITIONS OR TREATMENT BY ICE
1. Filing the complaint:
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Document in detail any abuse or detention condition
violations or serious medical or mental health concerns.
Include: date and names of the officers who may be involved.
You can use this questionnaire from the American Bar
Association:
o English:
http://www.abanet.org/publicserv/immigration/conditi
ons_questionnaire92106.pdf
o Spanish:
http://www.abanet.org/publicserv/immigration/conditions_questionnaire
%20_spanish_fordistribution.pdf
o Arabic:
http://www.abanet.org/publicserv/immigration/conditions_questionnaire
%20_spanish_fordistribution.pdf
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File a letter of complaint with the jail and send copies to the OIC or Field Office
Director, the head (warden or sheriff) of the jail, a human rights or civil rights
organization. Make sure all the people are listed on the same complaint.
Make sure that the detained person sends copies to the family and his/her
lawyer.
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You can use the immigration grievance form from the American Bar
Association to make complaints or make your own letter.
English:
http://www.abanet.org/publicserv/immigration/Complaint_Proces
ses_Immig_Detainees.pdf
Spanish:
http://www.abanet.org/publicserv/immigration/Complaint_Proces
ses_Immig_Detainees%20_Spanish.pdf
Then, try to resolve the issue with your deportation officer or local Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office.
2. If local authorities fail to respond, submit the complaint in writing to the
following offices:
Mr. Timothy Perry, Acting Chief of the Detention Acquisition and
Support Branch, ICE Office of Detention and Removal, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security, 801 "I" Street, Suite 980, Washington, D.C.
20536.
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Department of Homeland Security, Mail Stop #0800, Office for Civil
Rights and Civil Liberties, Washington, DC 20528. Tel: 202.401.1474,
202.401.0470 (Local TTY); Toll Free: 1.866.644.8360; E-mail:
civil.liberties@dhs.gov.
If the complaint concerns medical and mental health care, send a copy to:
Captain Philip Jarres, Branch Chief of Field Operations for the United
States Public Health Service, 1220 L Street NW, Suite 500, Washington
DC 20005. Tel: 202.732.0100;
Human rights organizations:
Elena Tsinikas, National Immigrant Justice Center, 208 S. LaSalle
Street, Suite 1818, Chicago, IL 60604
The National Immigrant Justice Center: NIJC has a database of
detention conditions complaints that will be used to document trends
in detention centers. Personal information of detainees will be
protected.
American Bar Association, Commission on Immigration, 740
Fifteenth Street, NW, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20005-1022
3. Good resources for advocacy around detention conditions:
a. Families for Freedom:You’re your organization can advocate for better
detention conditions:
http://www.familiesforfreedom.org/downloads/CaseCampaign.pdf
b. Detention Watch Network, www.detentionwatchnetwork.org
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COMMUNITY RESPONSE:
SOME RAPID RESPONSE IDEAS AND TACTICS
1. Hold a press conference or protest the day of the raid:
• Denounce the raid and question methods used to arrest
individuals
• Provide information about the raid to the community
• Ask for assistance from the community for family
members affected by raid
• Case Example: Casa de Maryland held a press
conference the day of a 7-11 raid. They provided
information about logistics of raid to community members, provided a
forum for discussion on impact on communities and families, and
questioned profiling methods of ICE.
2. Unions: Hire and send attorneys experienced in deportation defense to worksite
raid, home raid or any place of enforcement actions
• Case example: In Minnesota, UFCW hired two immigration attorneys who
went directly to the plant. While they were only able provide limited legal
advice because ICE refused to grant them access to attorneys, they
witnessed several instances of racial profiling and abuses in detention.
3. Create a hotline for the community to share information about raids.
4. Establish a listserve and organize a community forum with local advocates to
coordinate and share information and strategies.
5. Connect and strategize with attorneys and non-profit organizations who
specialize in deportation defense and civil rights violations. These attorneys
may have ideas about how to terminate deportation proceedings or get people
out of detention. (See page 9 for more information on what attorneys can do
and how to find them.)
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You can consider filing legal actions in federal court to stop mass
transfers of individuals or to stop frequent civil rights violations or racial
profiling. You can also obtain information that ICE refuses to provide.
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NOTE! These legal actions are extremely complicated. It is important that
you quickly seek advice from organizations or individuals experienced in
federal litigation. For referrals, contact the National Immigration Project
of the National Lawyers Guild at 617-227-9727 or the National
Immigration Law Center, www.nilc.org.
6. Organize a strategy with the community, local elected officials (Mayor, city
council, etc), local service providers and/or Congress members to pressure ICE
and DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff to exercise prosecutorial discretion, that
is, take people out of deportation proceedings. (See #9 for contact information)
These requests should be made in compelling cases.
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A suggested resource for prosecutorial discretion advocacy is the Families for
Freedom ARM toolkit, a toolkit of short-term and long-term media and
advocacy strategies. The packet includes strategies on working with media, ICE,
local elected officials and members of Congress to stop deportation in
compelling circumstances.
http://www.familiesforfreedom.org/downloads/CaseCampaign.pdf
7. Visit an organization or send faith-based delegations to the detention center.
Ask them to flag health conditions and other abuses of detainees.
8. Send a letter, contact, or meet with Congress members and/or DHS
Secretary Michael Chertoff asking them to investigate the raid and to address
specific problems, like racial profiling or other civil rights violations. Ask that
those members of Congress contact the Field Director of ICE or the Deputy
Secretary of ICE(Julie Myers) to address the specific problem. See below for
contact information.
9. Circulate a sign-on letter to sister organizations and communities. Send the
letter to elected officials and senior DHS officials such as Secretary Chertoff and
the DHS Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
• The letter should contain detailed and specific information about any civil
rights violations, abuses or concerns about denials to medical care,
counsel or family members.
• Contact information: (1) Secretary Michael Chertoff, US Department of
Homeland Security, Washington, D.C. 20528 (2) Department of
Homeland Security, Mail Stop #0800, Office for Civil Rights and Civil
Liberties, Washington, DC 20528
10. Pressure and collaborate with consulates and embassies and see if they can
help you get information from ICE, help you make demands to ICE, or if they are
willing to sign on to legal actions that protect their nationals. For example, in
Massachusetts, the consulate signed on to federal litigation demanding
constitutional accountability for civil rights violations committed during the raid.
11. Create a plan to help families who have loved ones who are detained. Assist
detainees and their families to get medication, blankets, funds for release on
bond, transportation, rent money, babysitting services, child care or pickups.
Work with local organizations or local religious groups/organizations to
implement this plan. You can also help fundraise to put money into jail accounts
for detained persons so they have access to basic necessities.
12. Take pictures and record people’s stories for future advocacy.
13. Commit to a LONG-TERM plan. See “Pre-Raid Community Safety Plan: Building
Capacity for the Safety of the Immigrant Community.”
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APPENDIX A: Phone Questionnaire: Questions to ask Raid/Detained Individuals
Date:
Raid Questions
1. Where is/did the raid or arrest occur?
2. How do you know it was an immigration raid?
3. Other details of raid (location, number of people, uniforms of arresting officers)
4. Was local police involved? How do you know?
5. Was the person in a union? Which one?
6. What is the largest city near the raid? (this will help you figure out which local
immigration office is involved)
7. Do you have information on how people were being treated during the arrest?
Individual Detainee information
1. Full name of detainee
2. A Number
3. How is the caller communicating with
the detainee?
4. Do you know where they are detained?
5. Do you know if the detainee has a lawyer? (If yes, get contact information)
6. Who has copies of his/her immigration papers, if any? (ask for copy of “NOTICE TO
APPEAR” or Notice of Reinstatement of Removal Order/Administrative Order
7. What can you tell me about their immigration status?
8. Contact information for caller (name or telephone numbers):
9. Contact information for family members? (if they are willing to be contacted)
10. Has the person made arrangements for child care or other family members?
11. Was the detainee ever arrested or
convicted of a crime?
If yes. Date, Location, Specific Offense
12. Is there a prior deportation order?
If yes, Date, Location, Which Court
13. Do you have information of any abuse or civil rights violation? (BE SPECIFIC)
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APPENDIX B: TIPS for detained persons who call
(Excerpt from Families for Freedom’s “Know Your Rights Flyer”)
Once in Immigration Custody, Do NOT sign anything giving up your right to an
immigration hearing in front of an immigration judge or any other rights.
Sometimes immigration agents will serve you a Notice To Appear (NTA) but ask
you to sign papers giving up your rights.
If you have an old order of deportation, you will not see a judge and can be
deported immediately. Ask for a Notice of Reinstatement of Deportation Order.
Make sure your family members have a copy of your immigration paperwork,
including your NTA.
You will be assigned a Deportation Officer. Know his/her name and telephone
number.
If you see an immigration judge and you do not have an attorney, tell the judge that
you need more time to find counsel. Do NOT concede or admit to any charges
against you. Do NOT go into detail about your case. Anything you say can and will
be used against you – even your country of birth.
If you think you may be transferred to a detention center far from your home, and
you have an immigration lawyer here, your lawyer may file immigration form G-28
with the Department of Homeland Security. Fax the form to the Deportation Officer
immediately. This form may convince the officer to stop your transfer.
If you face automatic deportation because of a crime, consult a criminal
immigration attorney about the positives and negatives of Vacating, Appealing, or
Reopening your Criminal Case. This is very complicated, but may be your only way
to avoid deportation.
Information is precious to someone in detention. If you can send legal materials, do
it! If you need to send something by overnight mail, check with the jail so that the
mail isn’t rejected.
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Self –help legal materials:
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project has an excellent set of self-help
materials on deportation defense. http://www.firrp.org/pubs.asp
Detention Watch Network website has a library of legal materials:
www.detentionwatchnetwork.org
Families For Freedom: Deportation 101 packet, www.familiesforfreedom.org
If you know a local detention service provider, ask if they have a packet that they send
out or keep their packet on hand.
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Appendix C: DOCUMENT AND INFORMATION COLLECTION
(SOME IDEAS)
AT THE RAID: Any information on civil rights violations: names of
officers, time, what was said, names of witnesses. Be specific.
AT THE IMMIGRATION DEPORTATION OFFICE (ICE-DRO) and
IMMIGRATION COURT
Notice to Appear
Complete Immigration File
Complete Criminal History (no matter how long ago the conviction): include
complaint and disposition
Collect evidence in support of bond (if you are eligible). Must show you are not a
flight risk or danger to the community
o Affidavits and statements of support from family members
o Pictures of children and family
o Letter from employer describing responsibilities, work history and
satisfaction with work
o Tax returns
o Letters from family members, community leaders, religious leaders
highlighting connections with family and community and opinion that
individual will not run away
o Proof of rehabilitation (e.g. letter showing successful completion of anger
management class or letter from parole officer)
o Evidence of service in the Armed Forces
o Letters from family members showing financial dependence on the family
member detained (e.g. detained family member was the breadwinner)
o Letters of support from friends, family, religious groups, local elected official
describing impact of separation or future separation on family, community,
etc
o Letters from counselors (emotional distress or trauma) or doctors (health
problems) showing the impact on detained person’s health if he/she was
deported
o Evidence of property ownership (car, home, etc)
o School records (if currently attending school)
o Community membership ties (e.g. Church group, etc.)
o Awards
DETENTION
Jail handbook - provides information on how to make complaints and use
grievance process in jail
Detention Standards (See more on page 3)
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APPENDIX D: SAMPLE- only for use in IOWA!!!!!!!!
PODER NOTARIAL/POWER OF ATTORNEY
PROYECTO CONEXION-CONEXION PROJECT
MUNA LEGAL CLINIC, ICADV; IOWACASA; YOUTH LAW CENTER; NEBRASKA BAR
ASSOCIATION
Si usted desea asegurar que sus hijos permanezcan al cuidado de una persona o
famililar designada/elegida por usted hasta que usted tenga acceso a sus hijos,
favor de rellenar la siguiente informacion. If you wish to make sure that your
children remain under the phisycal care of a person or family member
designated/chosen by you until you have access to your children, please fill out the
following information.
DATOS BIOGRAFICOS DE LOS PADRES/BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THE PARENTS
Nombre, apellido del padre/Name and last name of father
______________________________________________________________________
Fecha y lugar de nacimiento/date and place of birth of the father
______________________________________________________________________
Nombre y apellido de la madre/name and last name of the mother
______________________________________________________________________
Fecha y lugar de nacimiento de la madre/date and place of birth of the mother
______________________________________________________________________
Nombre, appellido y fecha de nacimiento de sus hijos
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
PERSONA/S ASIGNADAS AL CUIDADO TEMPORAL DE SUS HIJOS, TELEFONO Y
DOMICILIO Person/s designated by you to the temporary care of your children, phone
and address (O como localizarlas, o how to locate them)
1. ________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________
FIRMA DE LA MADRE O DEL PADRE
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