Immigration Resources

Know Your Rights Resources

• Know Your Rights | MIRA Coalition
  • This resource provides resources and factsheets focused on legal rights. Some of the resources include information on upcoming trainings, recorded presentations and slides in multiple languages, handouts in multiple languages, and more.
• Know Your Rights: 100 Mile Border Zone | ACLU Massachusetts
  • On this webpage you will find answers to questions such as: are immigration officials allowed to stop people in places wholly inside the U.S.?; Are there limitations to immigration officials' power?; and more.
• Know Your Rights: Family Preparedness Plan | ACLU Massachusetts
  • Includes tools and resources - including a packet for families from the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office - to help families prepare and create a plan for immigration emergencies.
• Know Your Rights: If You Are Questioned About Your Immigration Status | ACLU Massachusetts
  • On this webpage, you will find a video focused on your rights if ICE is at your door, information on your general rights, what your rights are if stopped in your vehicle, and more.
• Know Your Rights: Work and Family Mobility Act (WFMA) | ACLU Massachusetts
  • Information on applying for a driver's license in Massachusetts regardless of immigration status. This page includes information the requirements to be able to do so in multiple languages.

School Resources: K-12 and Higher Education Students

• Information for Immigrant Students and Massachusetts Colleges and Universities on Immigration Enforcement | MA Attorney General's Office
  • Information for college and university students - undocumented students, students who are part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, or are under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) - about their rights.
• Guidance Regarding K-12 Schools Obligations to Protect Students and Their Information | MA Attorney General's Office
  • A downloadable document focused on a school's responsibilities in protecting their students and the information of students.

Trainings Resources

• Training and Capacity-Building | MIRA Coalition
  • The MIRA Coalition offers a number of different types of trainings for entities such as advocates, service providers, employers, public officials, and immigrant and refugee community members. Learn more on this webpage, including how to request a training.

Immigration Direct Support Resources

• Immigration Legal Support | Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants
  • This webpage provides information related to work permits, immigration, and more such as information on organizations that provide resources such as free legal clinics.
• Immigration Helpline | MIRA Coalition
  • A helpline open to all Massachusetts residents, and provides information and guidance on such items as: Know Your Rights information, resources for immigrants, how to find information on your immigration court case, and more. Note: they cannot give individual legal advice or representation.

Additional Resources and Information

• Resources and Fact Sheets | MIRA Coalition
  • A robust list of resources and factsheets provided by MIRA in multiple languages focused on topics such as: the Parole in Place Program, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and much more.
• SomerViva: Office of Immigrant Affairs | City of Somerville
  • Information for immigrant and multilingual individuals in Somerville on services such as: food and rental assistance, city services, legal services, and small business support.
• National Immigration Law Center (NILC) | NILC
  • NILC's website which includes information on the work they do, resources they provide, and more.