Information Alert — Immigration Raids, Campus Responses, and Messaging Guidance

Dear Presidents' Alliance Member,

As you may have heard in the news , the administration’s announced plans for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to conduct immigration raids have been delayed while negotiations in Congress continue. In this alert, we provide some resources and messaging information for you and your campus in case of potential action in the future.

The prospect of the raids has greatly increased the anxiety of undocumented communities across the country. According to news accounts, the raids would target migrant families who have received final orders of deportation (mostly Central American families who sought asylum in the United States), and take place in at least 10 major cities (Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, and San Francisco) among other possible locations. While the target appears to be migrant families with final deportation orders, other undocumented immigrants can be at risk of arrest due to the “collateral arrests” of immigrants whom ICE agents may not have targeted but they encounter during a raid.

Finally, we are still waiting to see whether the Supreme Court will review any of the DACA-related litigation. While the Court did not announce anything yesterday, there is still an opportunity for the Court to take up the case later this week. We will keep our members updated.

Please do not hesitate to reach out if you need additional resources or assistance.

Sincerely,

Miriam Feldblum, Executive Director, and Jose Magaña-Salgado, Director of Policy and Communications

Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration

Campus Protocols

If you have not already formulated campus protocols regarding what staff should know and do if ICE comes to campus, it would be good to do so. For your reference, you may want to review the Presidents’ Alliance FAQ on what to do if ICE comes to your campus. You can find that resource here .

Below are a number of other resources provided by immigration advocacy groups that you may consider sharing with your campuses and communities along with any campus specific resources you may wish to share. For an example of a past campus message regarding possible ICE action, U.C. Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ sent this message to her campus last year. Also see U.C. Berkeley’s website providing Information and Services in the Event of ICE Action .

Immigration Resources in Case of ICE Action

The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) created a variety of materials to educate immigrant communities and allies and prepare individuals for possible encounters with immigration authorities:

A know-your-rights handout in eight languages to help families prepare for a possible interaction with ICE;
Printable red cards in eight languages to distribute to community members;
A family preparedness plan in English, Spanish, and Chinese; and
A train-the-trainer toolkit on holding a Know-Your-Rights presentation in your community.

Communities can also prepare themselves with these additional resources:

Know-Your-Rights tutorial videos from the National Lawyers’ Guild in English and Spanish;
A list of Rapid Response Network phone numbers for regions throughout Northern California; and
A directory of non-profit legal services providers across the country.
The Informed Immigrant website has videos, checklists and information on how to prepare for an immigration raid.

United We Dream created the Notifica app, which allows immigrants to rapidly share with trusted contacts whether they encounter ICE and report enforcement activity. United We Dream also developed a social media toolkit to assist immigrant communities who may be targeted by raids.

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