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Know Your Rights Resources
- National Immigrant Law Center (NILC): Know Your Rights (KYR) information – legal protections that all people have regardless of immigration status.
- NILC: Know Your Rights, Know Your Patients’ Rights (December 2024)
- CHIRLA: Know Your Rights Resources
Health Center Immigration Policies & Procedures
- CPCA: Immigration Guidance and Template Policies for Health Centers (scroll down to resources and updates, Jan. 2025)
- CPCA: Immigration Resources for Health Centers
- CA Attorney General: Promoting Safe and Secure Healthcare Access for All (Dec. 2024)
- NILC: Immigration Enforcement at Health Care Facilities (April 2024)
- Protected Areas, aka “Sensitive Locations”
- ICE: Guidelines for Enforcement Actions in or Near Protected Areas (October 2021)
- ICE: Additional Guidance Regarding Protected Areas
- Protecting Immigrant Families: Dept. of Homeland Security’s “Sensitive Locations” Policies (2018)
Public Charge
- The current public charge regulation took effect on December 23, 2022 and remains in effect (as of Jan. 20, 2025).
- Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF): Public Charge Resources for Communities (HERE) or for Advocates (HERE)
- LA County Office of Immigrant Affairs: Public Charge Information
- The BAILA Network – public charge information
- CA Health & Human Services Public Charge Guide – available in 22 languages
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Public Charge Resources
- Neighborhood Legal Services – LA County’s public charge hotline for information or a referral: 1-800-433-6251
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
- National Immigration Law Center (NILC): DACA Updates and Resources
- LA County Office of Immigrant Affairs: DACA Information
- NILC: DACA Renewal Applications: What You Need to Know
- USCIS Jan. 13 Announcement Regarding DACA Renewals
More Resources
Find an Immigration Attorney
- ImmigrationLawHelp.org
- CA Dept. of Social Services Immigration Services Contractors
- Immigration attorneys must have a law license, verify it here.
- LA County Office of Immigrant Affairs: Protections from Immigration Fraud