Immigrant Rights Resources: Reports

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1. Immigrant Legal Resource Center:

   “Local Options for Protecting Immigrants: A Collection of City & County Policies to Protect Immigrant from Discrimination and Deportation”  2016

Includes County & Jail Provisions; Criminal Legal Provisions, City Provisions, Mapping Local Authorities

https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/local_options-20161215.pdf

for direct download: https://www.ilrc.org/local-options

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   “Searching for Sanctuary: An Analysis of America’s Counties & Their Voluntary Assistance with Deportations”  Dec 2016   

https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/sanctuary_report_final_1-min.pdf

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2. “Five important things you need to know about DACA during a Trump presidency”

United We Dream: Sanctuary -- #Here to Stay Toolkit 

www.unitedwedream.org  Immigrant Youth Building a Movement for Justice.

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3. Northwest Immigrant Rights Project   (www.nwirp.org)

Education, advocacy & legal services.

“Important information about DACA” “Upcoming Community Events”

Resources: Deferred Action & DACA; Detention & Deportation Defense; Latest Immigration Updates.  Offices in Tacoma & Seattle.

 

4. www.hum.wa.gov  WA Human Rights Commission 

Information, posters on discrimination in housing and employment.

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5. National Immigration Law Center www.nilc.org

“Immigration Enforcement: Know Your Rights at Home and at Work” and other materials

 

6. http://www.elhispanicnews.com/2017/01/19/national-map-of-local-entanglement-with-ice/  “National   Map of Local Entanglement with Ice”  Article/map on the degree to which local law enforcement offers assistance to federal authorities.

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7. Innovation Lab, Portland Oregon

https://innovationlawlab.org/inclusive-oregon/

“Tool Kit for an Inclusive Oregon”

Also see their project “Immigrant U” (empowering clients to improve legal services)

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8. Washington State Workers’ Rights Manual, 3rd edition, 2014. Full & abridged versions. Available Online – http://georgetown.southseattle.edu/lerc/workersrightsmanual.aspx

See Chapter 10 – “Undocumented Workers”

 

9. WA State Labor Education & Research Ctr – provides online materials, and workshops focusing on a range of labor issues, including the rights/needs of immigrant workers

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10. National Employment Law Project   www.nelp.org/publications/?tags=immigrant-worker

Main office in NYC, with Seattle office, staff focusing on immigrant workers’ rights.