Know Your Rights and Other Information

YOU HAVE RIGHTS regardless of your immigration status. You may be at risk of being deported if you are undocumented, if you are a non-citizen with a criminal history, if you are on parole or have a prior deportation order. To protect yourself, your family and your community you must KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. Knowledge is power. Act NOW. Do not wait. Be prepared.

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Know Your Rights Card

Last updated on December 20, 2024

This wallet-sized card can be printed in English, Spanish, or Portuguese

Know Your Rights Flyers

Last updated on December 20, 2024

These flyers explain your rights in various places and contexts.

Know Your Rights Cards

Last updated on February 23, 2017

If you would like to order your own set of preprinted KYR cards, you can use these documents. They include a 0.125 in bleed intended for professional printing.

Know Your Rights Outreach Flyer

Last updated on March 10, 2017

This flyer can be customized and used to advertise a meeting where immigrants can come to get qualified legal help and understand their rights.

Rapid Response Toolkit

Last updated on November 19, 2024

The newly released toolkit is based on best practices and lessons learned from communities conducting rapid responses during ICE raids and arrests

Know Your Rights: A Guide to Your Rights When Interacting with Law Enforcement

Last updated on January 27, 2017

Know Your Rights: A Guide to Workplace Rights for Immigrants

Last updated on December 20, 2016

This information sheet is for immigrant workers. “Know Your Rights: A Guide to Workplace Rights for Immigrants” provides information about workers' rights while on the job.

Know Your Rights: A Resource for Students, Parents and Guardians

Last updated on November 23, 2016

This information sheet is for public school students and parents. “Know Your Rights: A Resource for Students, Parents and Guardians” provides information about students’ rights to public education and safety at school; parent and guardian rights; how to report incidents of harassment and resources on filing complaints.

Recordings and Trainings

What All Advocates Need to Know About Removal Orders and Removal Proceedings

Last updated on March 13, 2017

Even if you don’t represent clients in immigration court, you need to know the basics about immigration proceedings and removal orders.

Promoting the Dignity of Immigrants With Affordable Legal Expertise

As it has for more than 30 years, CLINIC will fight for the rights of immigrants. CLINIC trains legal representatives who provide high-quality and affordable immigration legal services. We develop and sustain a network of nonprofit programs that serve over 500,000 immigrants every year. We cultivate projects that support and defend vulnerable immigrant populations by:

Providing direct representation for asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border and educating them about their rights;
Reuniting formerly separated families;
Increasing legal representation for those in removal proceedings and in detention;
Providing public education on immigration law and policies; and
Advocating for fair and just immigration policies that acknowledge the inherent dignity and value of all people.

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About the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.

Embracing the Gospel value of welcoming the stranger, CLINIC promotes the dignity and protects the rights of immigrants in partnership with a dedicated network of Catholic and community legal immigration programs. We are based out of Silver Spring, Maryland (Washington, D.C. metropolitan area), with an office in Oakland, California, and additional staff working from locations throughout the country. Questions and inquiries can be sent to national@cliniclegal.org.

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