"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."
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.
A Know Your Rights presentation from the National Partnership for New Americans: February 2026
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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 complete walkthrough of the data pipeline that connects your local police department to federal customers through a private broker.
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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.
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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
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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 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.
An immigration enforcement preparedness guide for faith communities, from the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.
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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.
Civic Shutdown Protocol
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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.
Confidence. Courage. Connection. Trust. A short introduction to security culture from North Shore Counter Info.
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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."
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.
Education Providers and Immigration Enforcement
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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 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
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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.
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!
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!
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.
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.”