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.
你可以怎么做？
选择一个回应，看看通常会怎样发展。
一般原则
- 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.
更安全的下一步
- 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.
你可以联系的支持
- Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) (在新标签页中打开)
免费发放多种语言的“红卡”，上面写明宪法权利，还提供家庭应急准备指南。
- National Immigration Law Center (NILC) (在新标签页中打开)
为低收入移民及其家人提供权利知识资源和政策信息。
- ImmigrationLawHelp.org (在新标签页中打开)
可按邮政编码搜索的免费和低价非营利移民法律服务名录。
本页的正文尚未翻译，因此以下内容以英文显示。上方的摘要、标签和安全信息已翻译。
想记住进度吗？可选的免费账户会保存你已完成的课程。 你的进度