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Resources for Standing With

Undocumented
Immigrants, Muslims,
Neighbors,
and Strangers

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The following resources are provided
as tools and as encouragement to
help us love one another, love our
neighbors, and love the stranger.
We do so in response to God's call
and joyfully knowing that, in these
acts of love and accompaniment,
we may meet Christ or perhaps be
surprised by angels. (Matthew 25:3536, Hebrews 13:2).
Please note that nothing here
serves as a substitute for the legal
representation of an attorney regarding
specific situations and the law.

EMERGENCY PREPARATION

The US Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) is charged
by the current administration to
detain and deport large numbers of
undocumented immigrants. Yet, as
a church, we find that too many of
those threatened with detention and
deportation are good neighbors with
families to support. The resources
below are means to help reduce the
number of families torn apart by such
ICE actions and to work with others
in seeking to keep families, especially
children and youth, safe.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

LEVITICUS 19:34, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION

Knowing legal rights that are granted
within the United States will allow all
of us to better stand for one another's
rights in the process of seeking
safety for all. It is particularly useful
for immigrants without residency
documents to know that they still
have certain rights and how to avail
themselves of them.

All the Law has been fulfilled in a single statement:
Love your neighbor as yourself.

Single page Know Your Rights
handouts are available for download
from the American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) in a number of languages.

The foreigner residing among you
must be treated as your native-born.
Love them as yourself,
for you were foreigners in Egypt.
I am the Lord your God.

GALATIANS 5:14, COMMON ENGLISH BIBLE

https://www.aclu.org/feature/
know-your-rights-discriminationagainst-immigrants-andmuslims?redirect=feature/
know-your-rightsimmigration#immigration

Immigrant Safety Plan for Youth
and Children, a packet to help families
who face potential detainment or
deportation of parents with children
(with or without status).
* English https://www.nwirp.org/wpcontent/uploads/2016/12/ImmigrationSafety-Plan-for-Children-and-Youth.pdf

* Spanish https://static1.squarespace.
com/static/533dcf7ce4b0f92a7a64292e/
t/587f60deb3db2b428f6cd
6f5/1484742893657/ImmigrationSafe
tyPlanforYouthandChildren+1-13-16++Espanol+FINAL.pdf

* Somali https://static1.
squarespace.com/
static/533dcf7ce4b0f92a7a64292e/
t/589e21e017bffce58d071
ea0/1486758384992/ImmigrationSafe
tyPlanforYouthandChildren+2-3-17++Somali_final.pdf

Find and meet with an immigration
attorney. If you or a loved one are
at risk of detention by ICE, meet now
with an immigration attorney and carry
that attorney's phone number with
you at all times if you are at risk of
detention. Churches doing significant
work with undocumented immigrants
should also know an immigration
attorney they can contact. Find an
attorney:
https://www.immigrationadvocates.
org/nonprofit/legaldirectory/

Organizing a rapid response
network. An example of organizing
a coordinated rapid response to
ICE Raids by a network of people
can be seen in The New Sanctuary
Movement in Philadelphia, Sanctuary
in the Streets:
http://sanctuaryphiladelphia.
org/1962-2/

Rapid Response Toolkit for Faith
Communities and Allies: How to
organize, create networks, and roles
that may be helpful in the moment of
a raid by ICE:
www.sanctuarynotdeportation.org

Build/Join Coalitions. You cannot
do this well alone, not as an individual
person and not as a church. Look for a
coalition or a network.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BadhEsIpQtQRXJlMVVwbEF1a0k/view

Countering Discrimination
against Muslims
Anti-Muslim Discrimination videos
and wallet cards from the ACLU
available in English, Arabic, Farsi,
Bahasa, and Urdu https://www.
aclu.org/feature/know-your-rightsdiscrimination-against-immigrantsand-muslims?redirect=feature/
know-your-rightsimmigration#immigration

Provided by Lyda Pierce (Advance
#09542Z) and the National Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry.

PDF Download-Center-section
Resources for Standing With
Undocumented Immigrants, Muslims, Neighbors, and Strangers

LINKS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Excellent videos are provided by
CHIRLA, the Coalition for Humane
Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles,
and provide good training material for
anyone at risk, their families, and allies.
They are based on real life experience
and are multiethnic.
* America, I too in English: https://
youtu.be/GA1AY5-ZIOw (20 min)
* América, Yo También in Español:
https://youtu.be/-lUWPEnsq9Q

(20 min)

* Conozca Sus Derechos: https://
youtu.be/fsPvsczF6QU (Español)
(11 min)
Wallet cards, Right to Remain Silent
Bilingual English and Spanish, Chinese,
Arabic, Korean, Somali, or Farsi:
Young people from Ellensburg, Washington, including Claudia Amaya (center, red sweater), 15, and Daisy
Conteras (right, red and white striped sweater), 17, participate in a demonstration outside the US federal
court in Yakima, Washington, to express support for people arrested in an immigration sweep in Ellensburg.
Churches in Ellensburg, a university town east of the Cascade Mountains, formed the nucleus of a local group
organized to support the affected families. PHOTO: PAUL JEFFREY

https://www.nilc.org/issues/
immigration-enforcement/
everyone-has-certain-basic-rights/

Sanctuary Movement
http://www.
sanctuarynotdeportation.org

Immigration Raids Rapid
Response: For Faith Allies
Petition on Sanctuary
* Links to other Sanctuary
Churches
* Vigil Resources
* Reports of specific cases
* Many resources for
churches
United Methodist Women:
Global Migration and
Immigration Rights
A large number of materials
and links to resource
United Methodist Women
(and others) in loving
the immigrant and the
refugee. United Methodist
Women have often led
the church in welcoming

refugees and immigrants
as well as advocating for
their rights. http://www.
unitedmethodistwomen.org/
immigration
Church World Service:
Protect, Welcome,
Restore Hope
Excellent materials,
especially regarding
refugees
https://greateras1.org/act/
protect-welcome-and-restorehope/

Interfaith Immigration
Coalition
http://www.
interfaithimmigration.org/
supportrefugees/

United We Dream
www.unitedwedream.org
Organization of young
Dreamers and information
on DACA
* Know Your Rights
* Raids response number
* Advocacy work for
dreamers

National Day Laborer
Organizing Network
English: http://www.ndlon.

Justice for Our Neighbors

US Government
information on immigration
enforcement and churches
(as well as other "sensitive"
locations)
US Department of
Homeland Security
Immigration and Customs
Enforcement
* FAQs regarding "sensitive
locations" including
churches

www.njfon.org

United Methodists organizing
legal support for immigrants
National Immigration
Law Center
https://www.nilc.org/getinvolved/community-educationresources/know-your-rights/
othimmenf/

org/en/

Spanish: http://www.ndlon.
org/es/

* Migrant Rights
* Great posters, videos, and
other resources

https://www.ice.gov/ero/
enforcement/sensitive-loc

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