An Injury to One is an Injury to All: Resources for Immigrant Workers and Allies
The Trump administration’s attacks on undocumented workers threaten the whole labor movement’s power and solidarity. In the face of these attacks, unions and workers centers are gearing up for a massive fight to defend immigrant members, building on lessons from the past decade.
Labor Notes is compiling immigration Know Your Rights materials, resources, and model contract language to defend our immigrant co-workers and strengthen the bonds of solidarity that are essential to all our fights.
This list will be updated as we receive more materials. Have a resource to share? Email natascha[at]labornotes[dot]org
LABOR NOTES ARTICLES
Immigration Myths Feed Divisions among Workers: A primer on the facts, including what impact immigration has on jobs, tax revenue, and the economy.
How Labor Can Fight Back Against Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda: Concrete ways that unions and working people are fighting back, from deportation defense to winning good contract language that defends our immigrant co-workers.
Want to Defend Immigrant Workers in Your Contract? Here Are Some Suggestions. A repository of strong contract language to defend immigrant members.
Viewpoint: Migration Isn't Going Away. Unions Have to Get Sharper on It. When the boss can marginalize some of us, that’s bad for all of us.
Fight for Immigrant Workers. Build the Union. Workers across the country are taking up the fight against ICE—and strengthening their unions in the process.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS RESOURCES
Arise Chicago Know Your Rights as an Immigrant Worker (cards that help people assert their rights and defend themselves against ICE) [Multiple languages]
Immigrant Legal Resource Center: Red Cards (cards that help people assert their rights and defend themselves against ICE) [Multiple languages]
National Immigration Law Center: Everyone Has Certain Basic Rights, No Matter Who is President [Available in English, Spanish, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, and Korean]
CHIRLA: Know Your Rights Video [English and Spanish]
National Immigration Law Center: Know Your Rights: What to Do if You Are Arrested or Detained by Immigration (includes tips on forming a rapid-response network) [Available in English and Spanish]
LEGAL SERVICES
National Immigration Legal Services Directory A directory of nonprofit organizations that provide free or low-cost immigration legal services.
Immigration Court List A list of non-profit organizations and attorneys who have committed to providing pro bono legal services at specific immigration court locations.
National Lawyers Guild’s National Immigration Project A tool to find immigration attorneys who are members of the NLG’s National Immigration Project. Not all are pro bono attorneys.