FAQ: Know Your Rights
At RAICES, we prioritize the effective deployment of our resources to serve immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking community members and their allies. We have gathered resources from national peers and collaborators to inform you about your Constitutional rights.
When we know our rights, we can defend them—together.
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You can find immigration-related legal support services through the RAICES legal services directory, the State Bar of Texas, TexasLawHelp.org, and the National Immigration Legal Services Directory provided by the Immigration Advocates Network.
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RAICES connects community members with Know Your Rights materials from trusted national peers and experts, including the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, ACLU, Informed Immigrant, and the National Immigration Law Center.
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RAICES directs healthcare providers to authoritative Know Your Rights resources from the National Immigration Law Center for supporting immigrant patients and community members.
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RAICES curates employer-focused Know Your Rights resources from the National Immigration Law Center and the American Immigration Lawyers Association about workplace rights and responsibilities when immigration enforcement comes to a workplace.
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RAICES connects educators and school support staff with resources from AFT and Convivir Colorado to support undocumented and mixed-status students and families.
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A Safety Plan is a preparedness document created to manage potential emergencies, including deportation, medical crises, or domestic violence. It ensures affected individuals know where the plan is located and have identified a support network for emergency situations.
RAICES has a Safety Planning guide. This information is shared for awareness purposes only and is not legal advice.
