Know Your Rights

The U.S. Constitution protects all persons living in the United States, regardless of immigration status, from discrimination. Everyone is entitled to protection of their civil rights, including the right to be treated fairly in court, to free speech, religious freedom, and other core civil rights.

Know Your Rights Presentations

YIRN and WAISN volunteers facilitated Know Your Rights  presentations:

• Mattawa – co-sponsored with WAISN on July 18, 2018 at the Faria’s Community Center
• Sunnyside – co-sponsored with Nuestra Casa on August 1, 2018
• Toppenish at Heritage University – co-sponsored with M.E.Ch.A. on October 18, 2018
• Toppenish at Heritage University – co-sponsored with Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority and M.E.Ch.A. on April 10, 2019
• Central Lutheran Church – in conjunction with the Verifiers/Observers Training on August 29, 2019

If you’d like our volunteers to give a Know Your Rights presentation to your group or community organization, please contact us.

Redes de apoyo a inmigrantes piden publicar solo información verídica  – El Sol de Yakima
 

Stopped by ICE in your car?

Below is an example that shows how an Advocate asserted the rights of immigrants and did not allow ICE agents access with an ICE Administrative Order.

In this case, the ICE agent is claiming that the ICE Administration Order is a legal Warrant that allows seizure of the undocumented occupants of the vehicle. The Advocate persists and refuses to honor the warrant and allow access to the occupants of the vehicle.

See examples of Administrative Orders and Judicial Warrants.