A knock at the door
You're home with your younger cousins when there's a firm knock. Through the window you see two officers. One calls out that they "need to speak with someone inside." Your parents are at work. Your family made a preparedness plan for moments like this, and your heart is pounding as you try to remember it.
Kisa ou ta ka fè?
Chwazi yon repons pou wè kijan sa anjeneral pase.
Prensip jeneral yo
- Without a judicial warrant (signed by a judge, correct address), residents do not have to open the door.
- Everyone in the U.S. may remain silent, regardless of immigration status.
- Administrative forms signed only by agency officers do not, by themselves, authorize entering a home.
Pwochen etap ki pi an sekirite
- Don't open the door; speak through it or hold up a red card.
- Ask for any warrant to be shown through the window and check for a judge's signature and the right address.
- Call the emergency contact from your family plan right away.
- Write down the time, what was said, and any badge numbers afterward, and contact your family's legal aid number.
These are general constitutional principles. Procedures and local policies vary, which is why a family's own plan and a local legal aid contact matter so much.
This scenario is exactly why families make preparedness plans together, in calm times. If your family hasn't yet, the immigration lesson walks through it, and organizations like ILRC provide free materials in many languages.
Leson ki gen rapò
Sipò ou ka jwenn
- Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) (ap louvri nan yon nouvo onglè)
Pibliye kat wouj gratis ki di ki dwa konstitisyonèl ou genyen nan anpil lang, plis gid pou fanmi prepare yo.
- National Immigration Law Center (NILC) (ap louvri nan yon nouvo onglè)
Resous sou dwa ou ak enfòmasyon sou politik pou imigran ki gen ti revni ak fanmi yo.
- ImmigrationLawHelp.org (ap louvri nan yon nouvo onglè)
Anyè ou ka fouye pa kòd postal pou jwenn sèvis legal imigrasyon gratis oswa bon mache nan òganizasyon san bi likratif.
Tèks konplè paj sa a poko tradui, se pou sa li parèt an angle anba a. Rezime a, etikèt yo, ak enfòmasyon sou sekirite ki anlè yo tradui.
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