Know Your Rights

Here are some resources for learning about your rights as an immigrant and for finding legal help:

• Clink on the link below to download an app which provides Know Your Rights information in a variety of languages and also how to decline a search, ask for an attorney and more in English. Available for Android and iPhone:

  https://nakasec.org/resources/know-your-rights/

• Searching for an attorney? Contact the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) in New York City at (800) 354-0365, Monday through Friday, 9 AM–6 PM  or visit:

  https://www.nyc.gov/site/immigrants/legal-resources/moia-immigration-legal-support-hotline.page

• Call 311 and say "Immigration Legal" to speak with someone about immigration policy questions and legal help or email AskMOIA@cityhall.nyc.gov for general questions.

• For information available in New York State:

  https://immigranthelpny.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/15577166637460

• VIA (Venezuelans and Immigrants Aid) offers Know your Rights workshops and Legal Orientation online (in spanish):

  https://linktr.ee/vianycorg

• Our friends at VIA have also compiled resources to help you represent yourself in court:

  https://vianyc.org/resources/

• Our friends at South Brooklyn Sanctuary have a weekly clinic at 621 Degraw St, Brooklyn, NY 11217 every Wednesday evening from  6-8pm. They will help you know what to do if ICE Comes to your home, your work or school. For more information see: https://www.southbrooklynsanctuary.org/kyrflyers

• Deportation Defense Manual (in Spanish):

  https://maketheroadny.org/es/manual-de-defensa/

• Deportation Defense Manual (In English):

  https://maketheroadny.org/deportation-defense-manual/

• Where to go if you need to replace lost documents:

  https://www.uscis.gov/records/request-records-through-the-freedom-of-information-act-or-privacy-act

• A national list of legal service providers:

  https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/legaldirectory/

• Trusted sources for legal service providers in NY and NJ:

  https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/legaldirectory/search?state=NY

  https://maketheroadnj.org/

• List of pro bono legal service providers from the U.S. Justice Department (https://www.justice.gov/eoir/list-pro-bono-legal-service-providers):

  In English: Click here

  In Spanish: Click here

• Help for Asylum seekers:

  https://www.rifnyc.org/

• FAQs for Asylum seekers:

  https://help.asylumadvocacy.org/faqs/

• Videos for Asylum Seekers:

  https://www.youtube.com/c/AsylumSeekerAdvocacyProjectASAP/playlists

• City Councilmember Shahana Hanif also has a list of immigration resources and volunteer opportunities available here: https://council.nyc.gov/shahana-hanif/resources/