Know Your Rights Hub
The Democracy 2025 Know Your Rights Hub brings together trusted resources to help individuals, families, workers, students, and communities understand their rights. Whether you are preparing for a potential immigration enforcement encounter, organizing a protest, accessing healthcare, safeguarding voting rights, or navigating workplace or school-based issues, this hub connects you to reliable, practical information, printable materials, and multilingual tools created by leading expert organizations. If you have questions, requests, or material to add, please reach out to democracy2025@democracyforward.org.
Immigration Enforcement & Law Enforcement Encounters
General
- Documenting an ICE Arrest — Also in Spanish (Immigrant Defense Project)
- Encountering Law Enforcement and Military Troops (American Civil Liberties Union)
- Handbook for Constitutional Observers (Immigrant Defense Network)
- ICE pulled over my car! What are my rights? (Immigrant Defense Project) — Also in Spanish
- Immigration Arrests & Raids: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Rights (Immigrant Defense Project) — Also in Spanish; Additional resources from IDP
- Immigration KYR Resources (Muslims for Just Futures)
- Immigration “Wellness Checks” For Children: What Sponsors, Household Members, and Young People Need to Know — Also in Spanish (Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
- Key Constitutional Rights for Immigrants (Immigrant Defense Network)
- Know Your Rights & Immigration Rapid Response Resource Guide (UnidosUS)
- Know Your Rights (Immigrant and Refugee Law Center)
- Know Your Rights (Informed Immigrant)
- Know Your Rights (National Domestic Workers Alliance)
- Know Your Rights (United We Dream)
- Know Your Rights Resources (National Immigrant Justice Center)
- Know Your Rights Tools (Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
- Know Your Rights Under the U.S. Constitution – No Matter Who Is President (National Immigration Law Center) — Additional resources from NILC
- Know Your Rights with ICE (Immigrant Defense Project)
- Know Your Rights: Enforcement at the Airport (American Civil Liberties Union)
- Know Your Rights: Federal Agents And What They Are Doing (National Police Accountability Project)
- Know Your Rights: Five Things Parents Detained by ICE Should Know (National Immigration Law Center) — Also in Spanish, Portuguese, and Korean
- Know Your Rights: If ICE Visits Your Home (American Immigration Lawyers Association) — Downloads available in multiple languages
- Know Your Rights: Immigrants’ Rights (American Civil Liberties Union)
- Know Your Rights: Protect Yourself And Your Family During Immigration Raids — Available in Spanish, and French (CASA)
- Protections Against Immigration Enforcement From Court Orders (Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
- Resources on Know Your Rights (Catholic Legal Immigration Network)
- Step-by-Step Family Preparedness Plan — Also in Spanish (Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
- We Have Rights (Brooklyn Defenders)
Immigration Enforcement in The Workplace
- For Employers: What to Do If ICE Comes to Your Workplace (National Immigration Law Center) — Also in Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Thai
- For Employees: Know Your Rights: If ICE Comes to Your Workplace (American Immigration Lawyers Association)
- Form I-9 Audits or Inspections: Frequently Asked Questions (National Immigration Law Center and Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid)
- National Workplace Guide: Fourth Amendment Workplaces (Defend and Recruit)
- Your Rights If Immigration Shows Up at Work: Workplace Raids and Audits (Legal Aid at Work)
- What To Do If Immigration Comes To Your Workplace (Immigrant Defense Network, National Employment Law Center)
Immigration Enforcement in Schools
- Education Providers and Immigration Enforcement: Know Your Rights & Your Students’ Rights (National Immigration Law Center)
- Frequently Asked Questions for School Officials: What to Do If ICE Shows Up at Your School (Fair Immigration Reform Movement)
- Know Your Rights Information on ICE Raids (Kids in Need of Defense)
- Know Your Rights Resources (ImmSchools)
- ICE on University Campuses: Know Your Risks & Fight Back (National Lawyers Guild)
- Multilingual Immigration Resources for Educators and School Support Staff (American Federation of Teachers)
- Protecting Our Students: What You Need to Know About the Rights of Immigrants and the Threat of Deportation; Also in Spanish (AFT, AFL-CIO, UWD, NILC, CLASP)
- Protecting Children’s Rights During ICE Encounters (ABLE)
- School Crisis Playbook: Deportation Response (Fugees Families)
Healthcare
- Health Care Providers and Immigration Enforcement: Know Your Rights, Know Your Patients’ Rights (National Immigration Law Center)
Printable Cards
- Know Your Rights Card (National Immigration Law Center)
- Know Your Rights Card (Catholic Legal Immigration Clinic)—Available in multiple languages
- Know Your Rights Red Card (Immigrant Legal Resource Center)— Available in multiple languages
Protesting & First Amendment Rights
General
- Know Your Rights: A Guide for Protestors (National Lawyers Guild) — Also in Spanish, Arabic, and Farsi
- Know Your Rights: Protesters’ Rights (American Civil Liberties Union)—Also in Spanish
For Immigrants
- 10 Things Noncitizen Protestors Need to Know — Also in Spanish (Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
- Know Your Rights: Immigrants’ Participation in Protests (National Immigration Law Center)
For Students
- Know Your Rights for Campus Protests (National Lawyers Guild)
For Schools
- Know Your Rights: Protecting Public School Classrooms from Political and Religious Bias (Campaign for Southern Equality)
Transgender Rights
Gender-Affirming Healthcare
- Know Your Rights: Healthcare (Advocates for Trans Equality)
- Know Your Rights: Health Care Providers (American Civil Liberties Union)
Identity Documents
- Identity Document Guidance for Transgender, Nonbinary, Gender-Nonconforming, and Intersex People (Lambda Legal)
Abortion Rights
General
- Abortion Legal Rights and Risks (Repro Legal Helpline)
- Know Your Rights: Abortion Supporters and Helpers (American Civil Liberties Union)
For Immigrants
- Know Your Rights: Abortion Access for Immigrants (National Immigration Law Center) — Available in multiple languages
- Know Your Rights Guide (Planned Parenthood Action Fund)
Voting Rights
- Election Protection: Know your Rights as a Voter (Vote.org)
- Federal Agents at the Polls (American Civil Liberties Union)
- Know Your Voting Rights (Voto Latino)
- Resources for Protecting Voters (And I Still Vote Campaign, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights)
- Your Election Bill of Rights: What Every Voter Should Know (League of Women Voters)
- Voting Rights (American Civil Liberties Union)
Rights for Federal Employees
- Know Your Rights as a Federal Employee (Civil Service Strong)
- Know Your Rights: Religious Freedom in the Federal Workplace (Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
Travel & Airports
- Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It’s Complicated. (ACLU)
- Community Alert: Immigration Arrests at Airports (National Immigration Law Center)
- Enforcement at the Airport (ACLU)
- Know Your Rights: Enforcement at the Airport (American Civil Liberties Union)
- Know Your Rights at Airports: International and Domestic (Asian Law Caucus)
- Know Your Rights: U.S. Airports and Ports of Entry (ACLU of Northern California)
- What to Do When Encountering Law Enforcement at Airports (ACLU of DC)