Here are steps you and your family can take to be prepared for an immigration enforcement action:

1. Meet with your family to draft a family preparedness plan. Read the Immigrant Legal Resource Center’s Step-by-Step Family Preparedness Plan Resource Toolkit.
2. Learn what to do to protect yourself during an immigration enforcement action or if you have contact with the police, immigration agents, or the FBI by reading the National Immigration Law Center’s “What to Do if You Are Arrested or Detained by Immigration” Guide. 
3. Always be prepared by carrying with you a copy of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center “Red Card.” These cards have Know Your Rights information that you can use during an enforcement action.
4. Share Know Your Rights materials with friends and family. Please see the list below for Know Your Rights resources.
   • ACLU’s Know Your Rights webpage. 
   • ACLU’s Traveler’s Bill of Rights.
   • Immigrant Defense Project’s Know Your Rights with ICE flyers.
   • Immigrant Legal Resource Center’s Know Your Rights Toolkit.
   • National Immigrant Justice Center’s Know Your Rights webpage.
   • National Immigration Law Center’s Know Your Rights Guide on Immigrants’ Participation in Protests.
   • Ready To Stay’s website.

Hotline Numbers to Call to Report Immigration Enforcement in Your Community

Nonprofits and government entities in the Bay Area have partnered to provide free, confidential hotlines that you can call if you see ICE or immigration agents conducting enforcement in your community. Callers will be connected to a Rapid Response Network of advocates and attorneys who are on call to provide immediate assistance.

Find your local Rapid Response Hotline here.