Immigration Resources

Secretary Janet Napolitano Department of Homeland Security at the The Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. Friday November 13, 2009.

POLICY SUMMARIES

• Real Enforcement with Practical Answers for Immigration Reform (REPAIR) Proposal AILA Summary from the American Immigration Lawyers Association
• Immigration Oversight Fairness Act 2009 (H.R. 1215) Section by Section
• Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act (H.R. 1215) One-pager
• Prevent Detainee Deaths and Abuse Act Section by Section
• Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act (S. 1549) Section by Section
• RWG and LCCR Statement Submitted to Hearing on "The Public Safety and Civil Rights Implications of State and Local Enforcement of Federal Immigration Laws" (April 2, 2009)
• Immigration Policy: Transition Blueprint – A coalition of immigrant rights organizations including the Rights Working Group submitted these recommendations to President Obama's transition team. (2008)
• The Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Raids and Detention Act (S. 3594) One-Pager (September 30, 2008)

FACT SHEETS

• Overview of the Key ICE ACCESS Programs: 287(g), Secure Communities and Criminal Alien Program from the National Immigration Law Center
• Border Search Authority from the Maine Civil Liberties Union
• Secure Communities from the National Immigration Forum
• RWG Fact Sheet on Raids
• RWG Fact Sheet on Detention and Due Process
• "The REAL DEAL" fact sheets by the Rights Working Group, Detention Watch Network, and the National Immigration Project.
  • Detaining America's Immigrants: Is this the best solution?
  • Turning Our Police Into Immigration Agents: At What Cost to Our Communities?
  • Building the Wall: Will We Be Better Off?

REPORTS

• The Policies and Politics of Local Immigration Enforcement Laws: 287(g) Program in North Carolina from the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation and the Immigration & Human Rights Policy Clinic, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (February 2009); Executive Summary
• Local Democracy on ICE: Why State and Local Governments Have No Business in Federal Immigration Law Enforcement from Justice Strategies (February 2009)
• Defending Human Rights & Due Process from the National Immigrant Justice Center on behalf of the DHS Enforcement Working Group (2008)
• Equal Treatment Denied: United States Immigration Enforcement Polices (January 2008)

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Immigration OnPoint – Coordinated by the Immigration Policy Center, this site contains short documents and fact sheets that provides quick answers to commonly asked questions about immigrants and immigration.
• Restoring the Right to Due Process: A Toolkit for Immigrant Rights Activists – Produced by Breakthrough in collaboration with Detention Watch Network and the Rights Working Group, this toolkit includes a DVD and discussion guide to help immigrant and non-immigrant communities to understand the importance of restoring due process and human rights in the immigraiton deportation and detention system.
• Sentenced Home – This documentary follows the lives of three Cambodian refugees and their ordeals with detention and deportation. A toolkit by the Immigrant Justice Network accompanies the film.
• Value Families – The Human Rights Impact of U.S. Detention and Deportation is a resource from the NYU Immigration Clinic for Breakthrough to serve as a brief, user-friendly introduction to the human rights dimensions of detention and deportation policies under the U.S. immigration regime.
• TRAC Immigration – This website is a source for "comprehensive, independent and nonpartisan information about U.S. federal immigration enforcement." Reports can be found on various immigration judges and their rulings.
• How Do I Complain to Authorities About Detention Standards, Violations, and Related Abuses? Why Is It Important that I Do This? – Compiled by the National Immigrant Justice Center, this information sheet provides the information you need to file a complaint with DHS.