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"Asylum Denials Rise to 94% Amid the Remaking of the Immigration Court": an article published on August 31, 2026, by TRAC, a nonpartisan, nonprofit data research project founded in 1989.

English

This article explains the radical remaking of immigration courts and the rising rate of asylum denials. It includes a link https://tracreports.org/immigration/reports/judgereports/ that allows you to see each immigration judge's record. The judges are listed by location, for instance Chelmsford and Boston in Massachusetts.

"Defend and Recruit Playbook" for Trump 2.0 immigration detention defense & laying the groundwork
to build anti-MAGA local governing majorities; revised January 22, 2024

Spanish and English

Defend and Recruit is a project of Siembra NC, a Latino base-building organization in North Carolina. "Download the playbook to learn how we built local defense networks, turned fear into power, and organized to step out of the shadows – into the light – to bring about a new day for all of us."

"Employees Only"

English

A color graphic that can be printed on paper or a label

"Employees Only" with text

English

A single label with Know Your Rights text

"Private"

English

A color graphic that can be printed on paper or a label

"Private" with text

English

A single label with Know Your Rights text

"Real or Rumor?" Verifying online reports of ICE Raids

English, Spanish, Arabic and French

A tipsheet that you can download in 4 languages: English, Spanish, Arabic and French

"Restricted Area": sample sign for parishes

English

A poster that can be placed in any church window telling immigration enforcement that they have no permission to enter without a valid judicial warrant.

"Restricted Area": sample sign for parishes - in Spanish

Spanish

A Spanish language poster that can be placed in any church window telling immigration enforcement that they have no permission to enter without a valid judicial warrant.

2025 List of Legal Resources in NH

English

A current list of legal, immigration and refugee resources in New Hampshire

2026 Immigration Surge Community Response Plan from Rural Organizing

English

"Rural America has significant differences than the rest of the US, and responses to immigration enforcement require different approaches." This slide deck shows how to build a community defense network before an ICE raid and how to maintain community resilience in the face of the administration's mass deportation agenda.

287g Map for NH

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Counties and towns in NH with 287(g) agreements with ICE: from ACLU-NH, current as of 2/4/26

A Know Your Rights presentation from the National Partnership for New Americans: February 2026

English

A current summary of KYR in a new landscape: increased funding for ICE, increased and more aggressive immigration enforcement. We still have rights, even though they may be ignored! This slide show covers situations at home, in public, in your car, at work. “Knowing your rights and making a plan can help you stay calm and prepared.”

A Know Your Rights zine from ACLU in Arizona

English and Spanish

A zine that tells you your rights if approached by police, ICE or Border Patrol at your home, in your car, near the border. Can be carried in your pocket, 4.25" x 2.75", Spanish on one side, English on the other.

A New Path: A Guide to the Challenges and Opportunities After Deportation

English

This guide is for people who live with the threat of deportation to Mexico or Central America. Know your rights, learn where to get legal help, and make a plan in case of possible deportation.

A New Path: A Guide to the Challenges and Opportunities After Deportation

Spanish

This guide is for people who live with the threat of deportation to Mexico or Central America. Know your rights, learn where to get legal help, and make a plan in case of possible deportation. In Spanish.

A complete walkthrough of the data pipeline that connects your local police department to federal customers through a private broker.

English

Accurint Files is a living investigation into America’s police data pipeline. We document which U.S. law enforcement agencies automatically upload local police records — 911 caller data, victim information, witness statements — to LexisNexis, a private data broker that sells access to federal agencies including ICE. The database is updated as new agencies are confirmed. All records are sourced from contracts, FOIA responses, and court documents.

A crowdsourced surveillance map that allows you to plan a route avoiding FLOCK cameras (automated license plate readers). The website includes a phone app.

English

DeFlock is an open-source, volunteer-powered project for identifying and documenting automated license plate readers. The map is powered by OpenStreetMap. Camera locations come from volunteers and the OpenStreetMap community, not a private company or government agency.

A flyer from the NH New Americans Loan Fund

English

This program encourages business development and job creation for new Americans (first-generation immigrants) in New Hampshire. This program microloans that can range from $5,000 to $50,000, with funding generally used for working capital to grow the business, to purchase equipment and inventory, or for renovations.

A guide to changing your immigration court hearing from in-person to online.

English

A thorough guide for people representing themselves, and their allies, to changing your immigration court hearing from in-person to online, so that you do not have to appear in person at the courthouse.

A poster to protect a public space from ICE intrusion

English, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian

Posted in a church, but adaptable for any space, this poster tells ICE agents that, if they want to enter a space, they must show a valid judicial warrant.

A toolkit on "responding to deadly ICE immigration enforcement" from the Interfaith Immigration Coalition

English and Spanish

Our faith traditions believe that human life is sacred and that dignity is inviolable. When fathers are torn from their children, this demands a full accounting: a fair and transparent investigation, justice and closure for the grieving family and community, and a recommitment to transform injustice to justice, violence to peace and security for all, and indifference to care.

ACLU Know Your Protest Rights

English

This link takes you to slides from a webinar by ACLU on protesters' rights

ACLU-NH's legal program

English

ACLU-NH is not a direct services legal provider but does take some cases that raise important civil liberties issues

AFSC Know Your Rights in English

English

6 pages in English on your rights at home, in the street, in church or at work, in immigration court. This includes information on preparing a plan in case you are stopped and detained.

AFSC Know Your Rights in Spanish

Spanish

6 pages in Spanish on your rights at home, in the street, in church or at work, in immigration court. This includes information on preparing a plan in case you are stopped and detained.

ALERTA poster: Activity / Location / Equipment / Request Aid / Time & Date / Appearance

English

"For Rapid Response use ALERTA, and include a specific request for aid."

ALERTA: Spread Information, Not Panic - an alternative to SALUTE

English

Spread information, not panic. We protect one another by sharing useful and actionable information, not rumors. A.L.E.R.T.A., for a specific request for any aid!

Activity
Location
Equipment
Response requested
Time & date
Appearance

American Friends Service Committee NH State House Watch page

English

A weekly update on state legislation, with information on bills and on how to submit testimony online or in person

An immigration enforcement preparedness guide for faith communities, from the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.

English

An excellent and thorough guide to preparedness, pastoral care, and collective action, with a detailed resources section connecting you to further information. "Immigration policy becomes a religious freedom issue when government actions make it harder for people to live, gather, and worship without fear. When state enforcement practices prevent communities from safely entering places of worship or participating in civic life, the conditions that make religious freedom possible begin to break down."

Annual Asylum Fees from the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP)

English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Russian, Mandarin

Unfortunately, USCIS and immigration courts can charge an annual asylum fee. Read our fee updates page to learn how to check if your fee is due and how to pay. There can be serious consequences if you do not pay by the deadline. ASAP is continuing to fight this fee in court, and you can read more about the lawsuit below.

Authorization for a lawyer to contact ICE: in Haitian Creole

Haitian Creole

A simple form offered by Marysol Castro, an immigration attorney in central Massachusetts, which when signed, gives her permission to contact ICE on behalf of someone who has been detained.

Barrio Drive Free Posters

English and Spanish

"If You See ICE", "Spread Power Not Panic" and other resources in English and Spanish

Can border agents search your electronic devices?

English

An article from the ACLU on our rights, and the rights claimed by Customs & Border Protection, with advice on how to minimize risk. "It's complicated."

Caregiver Planning for Immigrant Families in NH

English

A guide to keeping children safe in uncertain times, from ACLU-NH - English

Caregiver Planning for Immigrant Families in NH - in Spanish

Spanish

Cómo puede mantener a sus hijos seguros en tiempos inciertos

Church Partnerships

English

Immigrant Connection partners with churches and congregations to stand with and serve their immigrant neighbors. The mission is "ensuring greater access to high-quality, low-cost immigration legal services across the US."

Churches Accompanying Immigrants

English and Spanish

Website of the Latino Christian National Network: "Here you will find documents, graphics, practical guides and other materials designed to equip churches in their work of accompaniment and defense of immigrants."

Civic Shutdown Protocol

English

A standing, nonviolent, civilian response to federal terror operations. This protocol uses economic disruption as leverage, forcing corporations and institutions to absorb the cost of ICE activity in their cities and transfers that pressure upward to the federal government. The goal is not to influence ICE. The goal is to make continued terrorist operations incompatible with normal economic life in targeted cities.

Colorado Rapid Response Network website

English and Spanish

A website in English and Spanish with excellent resources for responding to ICE activity in your community

Confidence. Courage. Connection. Trust. A short introduction to security culture from North Shore Counter Info.

English

A short article on creating "a set of practices to assess risks, control the flow of information through your networks, and build solid organizing relationships." These practices "should make openness more possible, not less."

Courthouse flyer in English

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A Know Your Rights flyer for people attending immigration court who may be at risk of detention.

Courthouse flyer in Mandarin Chinese

Mandarin Chinese

A Know Your Rights flyer in Mandarin Chinese for people attending immigration court who may be at risk of detention

Courthouse flyer in Russian

Russian

A Know Your Rights flyer in Russian for people attending immigration court who may be at risk of detention

Courthouse flyer in Spanish

Spanish

A Know Your Rights flyer in Spanish for people attending immigration court who may be at risk of detention

C­r­o­s­s­i­n­g S­o­u­t­h: Resources for people returning to México, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Costa Rica - from AFSC

English and Spanish

Many people and families in the U.S. have had to return to their native countries, either voluntarily or due to deportation. This resource was created to help people prepare so they can make the process as simple and safe as possible, whether they are returning to México, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, or Costa Rica.

DHS Authorization Form

English

The Department of Homeland Security and ICE require that this form be signed by anyone asking a Congressperson's staff to contact ICE or DHS on their behalf.

Deteniendo las Deportacions Masivas por Medio de los Sheriffs

Spanish

Un kit de Herramientas para Organizadores

Digital Security Resource Hub for Civil Society

English

Amnesty International's "resource hub" for protecting our devices, data and communities from digital surveillance

Digital Security Resource Hub for Civil Society - in Spanish

Spanish

Amnesty International's "resource hub" for protecting our devices, data and communities from digital surveillance - in Spanish

Digital Security for Activists

English

How to keep our movements safe online: one chapter in the Activist Handbook

Digital Security on Social Media

English

Links to protect your privacy on Facebook, TikTok, Twitter and Instagram

Do I have the right to film?

Spanish

A Spanish language Know Your Rights poster - filming ICE

Do I have the right to film?

English

An English language Know Your Rights poster - filming ICE

Education Providers and Immigration Enforcement

English

This factsheet from the National Immigration Law Center provides information and best practices for public K-12 school leaders, administrators, educators, faculty, and staff (“education providers”) to ensure they can
continue to provide a safe and welcoming learning environment for students and their families

Expedited Removal

English

A Know Your Rights resource on expedited removal and deportation

Expedited Removal Toolkit from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center: A guide for advocates assisting people facing expanded expedited removal

English

This guide is intended to be used by immigration advocates and legal service practitioners conducting know-your-righs presentations or individual consultation to noncitizens already in the United States.

Expedited Removal and Unaccompanied Children: November 21, 2025

English

An 18 page resource examining the question of whether expedited removal can be applied to children and young people. From the Immigrant Legal Resource Center and other legal advocacy groups. "This resource answers common questions about expedited removal and its application to children and offers arguments against its application to young people who were processed as UCs and young people with approved special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS), should the government attempt to apply it to those groups." Published on www.ilrc.org/ on 11/21/25.

Expedited removal

Spanish

A Know Your Rights resource in Spanish on expedited removal and deportation

Eyes on ICE: Documenting Abuses

English

Witness Media Lab: how to witness, document and tell stories to defend immigrants

Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project

English and Spanish

The Florence Project provides free legal services, social services, and advocacy to immigrants facing detention and potential deportation. They are in Arizona.

Form a Crowd: Whistle Resources from Minnesota Freedom Fund

English and Spanish

This link includes downloadable guides to using whistles (why and how) in English and Spanish. The website has resources on detention, arrest, bail, court files, warrants, media coverage and safety planning: from our sisters and brothers in Minneapolis!

Google Translate Training

English

A simple training in how to use Google Translate

Granite State Organizing Immigrant Solidarity Network website

English

The website of the Immigrant Solidarity Network (a project of Granite State Organizing Project)

Granite State Organizing Project Hotline

English & Spanish

A sheet of stickers with the GSOP Hotline: useful in New Hampshire only.

Guía sobre los derechos inmigrantes y recursos de los inmigrantes: Empoderar y Preparar

Spanish

A LONG and thorough guide for immigrant families from Centro Celeste in Fitchburg, which works with the Latino community in north central Massachusetts. This guide takes a family through all the steps necessary to put a plan in place for the care of children in case a parent or parents are detained. It includes a checklist of important documents - and much more!

Habeas Flight Watch - National Board: Real-time monitoring for confirmed ICE flights.

English

This interactive map can be used by legal teams and other advocates to track ICE flights in real time, as they are happening. It shows routes within the United States and also to Latin America.

Health Care Providers and Immigration Enforcement

English

An excellent factsheet on how health care facilities can prepare for a possible visit from immigration enforcement and protect both their clients and their staff.

Health and Law Immigration Solidarity

English

A resource for health care providers on working in solidarity with immigrants

How are laws changing for asylum seekers?

English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Russian, Chinese

An up-to-date resource from ASAP (Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project), updated August 7, 2026: this covers many topics such as asylum law and hearings, work permits, and TPS.

How to defend your own case

English and Spanish

One page from the Florence Project's website: see their other "resources" links.

ICE Alert Hotlines in New England

English

5 Hotlines to call in MA, ME, NH and VT if you know that ICE is present in your community

ICE Field Offices

English

The government's list of ICE field offices in the US. These are not check in locations.

ICE Flight Monitor from Human Rights First

English

ICE Flight Monitor is a data-driven initiative that systematically tracks and documents U.S. immigration enforcement flights. It provides detailed insights into government operations often hidden from public view.

ICE Protocols and Policies for Episcopal Churches

English, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole

This guide has been designed for Episcopal Churches in Massachusetts that are interested inplementing protocols and policies to provide safe places to worship and to protect ministry services despite the potential threat that ICE might seek access to church buildings, individuals, or data.

ICE Rapid Response NH

English

A zine with information on how to observe and report immigration enforcement, on Hotlines to call and on organizations with helpful resources.

ICE Warehouse Purchase Tracker from Project Salt Box

English

A map and tables that show ICE "facilities of interest": an excellent digital tool

ICE and Immigration Enforcement in Congregations

English

Guidance from the Unitarian Universalist Association

ICE flight monitor from Human Rights First

English

ICE Flight Monitor is a data-driven initiative that systematically tracks and documents U.S. immigration enforcement flights. It provides detailed insights into government operations often hidden from public view.

If ICE Comes To Your Workplace

English

Know Your Rights from American Immigration Lawyers Association: Workplace

If ICE Comes to Your Workplace (for Employees)

Spanish

Know Your Rights from the National Law Center: an 8 page guide for workers and employers - in Spanish

If ICE Comes to Your Workplace (for Employees)

English

Know Your Rights from American Immigration Lawyers Association: Workplace, for Employees

If ICE Stops You in Public

English

Know Your Rights from American Immigration Lawyers Association: Stop in Public

If ICE Visits Your Home

English

Know Your Rights from American Immigration Lawyers Association - in English

If ICE Visits Your Home

Haitian Creole

Know Your Rights from American Immigration Lawyers Association - in Haitian Creole

If ICE Visits Your Home

Spanish

Know Your Rights from American Immigration Lawyers Association - in Spanish

If ICE shows up at your door, know your rights

English

An English language Know Your Rights poster

If ICE shows up at your door, know your rights!

Spanish

A Spanish language Know Your Rights poster

If ICE shows up at your workplace, you have rights!

English

An English language Know Your Rights poster - workplace

If ICE shows up at your workplace, you have rights!

Spanish

A Spanish language Know Your Rights poster - workplace

If ICE stops you on the streets, you have rights!

Spanish

A Spanish language Know Your Rights poster - ICE on the streets

If ICE stops you on the streets, you have rights!

English

An English language Know Your Rights poster - ICE on the streets

Immigration Court Update: "Mega Masters" - from Massachusetts & Refugee Advocacy Coalition

English, Haitian Creole, Spanish, Portuguese

Many people with open cases in Immigration Court are receiving notices rescheduling their preliminary (“master”) hearings to a much sooner date. This is because some immigration courts, including Boston, Chelmsford, and Hartford, are scheduling very large preliminary (“master”) hearings, sometimes with more than 100 cases at a time. These large hearings are being called “mega masters.”

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