Free/Low Cost Legal Assistance:

• Find Legal Help (Legal services near you)
• National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (Find a lawyer tool)
• Immigration Advocates Network (Nonprofit organizations that provide low-cost legal help)
• Immigration Law Help: (Directory of organizations and resources for immigrant communities)
• Immigration Service Contractors (2022)

Protecting Patients: Resources for Organizations and Staff

• Immigration Sample Policies and Procedures (CaliforniaHealth+ Advocates July 2017)
• AILA Workplace Raids Action Plan: An hour by hour action plan advising how an organization should respond to an ICE raid.
• "If Federal Immigration Agents Visit a Public Health Site": A presentation on how to respond to visits from ICE as a health center.
• NILC "Know Your Rights, Know Your Patient's Rights: A page dedicated to educating providers about how to protect your patients.
• Immigrant Legal Resource Center Know Your Rights Red Wallet Card: Provides a template for printing out cards for clients and patients.
• Informed Immigrant National Legal Resources: A single flyer guide for finding legal advice through national immigration legal support networks.
• CLASP "A Guide for Creating 'Safe Space' Policies for Early Childhood Programs": CLASP has produced a document to help organizations serving immigrant children with regards to ICE enforcement.

Community Facing Resources

• California Immigrant Policy Center SB 54: Clarifies how the CA “Sanctuary State” law, SB 54, protects immigrants.
• Family Preparedness Plan: A step by step guide for immigrant families to prepare for immigration related issues.
• Immigration Defense Project KYR Webpage: Includes a 2 pager for community members about Know Your Rights in 16 languages
• National Immigration Law Center KYR Webpage: At the top of each paragraph are resources regarding that topic in different languages.
• National Immigration Legal Services Directory: A national database where local legal resources can be found by simply entering your zipcode.
• Living in Limbo : A Guide to Understanding Your Rights, Benefits, and Obligations When You Have No Immigration Status
• ACLU Know Your Rights in Scenarios - Comprehensive scenario based page that has information regarding different situations that may affect undocumented immigrants.

Policy and Advocacy Resources

• Guide for Public Health Actions for Immigrant Rights: Comprehensive and historical overview of immigration and how public health organizations can participate in policy advocacy to protect immigrant rights.
  
  

NOTE: THIS WEBPAGE DOES NOT CONTAIN LEGAL ADVICE

For questions, please contact Liz Oseguera, Assistant Director of Policy, at losequera@cpca.org or (916) 440-8170.