Immigration & ICE

Know Your Rights

These "Know Your Rights Cards" from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center" are available ​here for download​ in many languages. They read:

You have constitutional rights:

• DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR if an immigration agent is knocking on the door.

• DO NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS from an immigration agent if they try to talk to you. You have the right to remain silent.

• DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING without first speaking to a lawyer. You have the right to speak with a lawyer.

• If you are outside of your home, ask the agent if you are free to leave and if they say yes, leave calmly.

• GIVE THIS CARD TO THE AGENT. If you are inside of your home, show the card through the window or slide it under the door.

I do not wish to speak with you, answer your questions, or sign or hand you any documents based on my 5th Amendment rights under the United States Constitution. I do not give you permission to enter my home based on my 4th Amendment rights under the United States Constitution unless you have a warrant to enter, signed by a judge or magistrate with my name on it that you slide under the door. I do not give you permission to search any of my belongings based on my 4th Amendment rights. I choose to exercise my constitutional rights. These cards are available to citizens and noncitizens alike.

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Protecting Students

• The University has a ​resource page for undocumented students​. It will continue to be updated.

• The ​President’s Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration​ generates practical resources in a timely manner. They also offer a number of live and recorded webinars.

• ​The State of Connecticut offers guidance on protecting k-12 students ​that may be helpful, emphasizing that FERPA protects "personally identifiable student information, including student and family names and addresses. Therefore, if a school district receives any requests for student information, they should consult guidance provided by the district’s legal counsel and adhere to the scope of these protections"

• The site also recommends that these are things that can be done if an ICE agent visits campus:

  • Report the visit to DPS

  • Request and record immigration agents’ identification, including their name, badge or ID number, telephone number and business card.

  • Ask an agent if they have a judicial warrant to support their request and, if so, to produce such warrant.

Anticipatory Obedience

Lastly, here is the portal for telling AAUP about instances of anticipatory obedience by your institution, and here you can read the AAUP's full statement, "Against Anticipatory Obedience." 

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