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Keeping Our Immigrant Communities Safe
August 26, 2026Resources to help immigrant communities understand their rights, navigate changing immigration policies, and keep themselves and their families safe.
Please find here up-to-date explainers, Know Your Rights materials, and resources for schools, healthcare providers, and more, collected from various partners.
Immigrant communities are facing rapidly changing policies, heightened immigration enforcement, and growing uncertainty about their rights. Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC is committed to helping our communities access clear, reliable information and resources.
This resource hub brings together materials from Advancing Justice | AAJC and trusted partner organizations to help individuals, families, advocates, educators, healthcare providers, and community leaders navigate the current immigration landscape.
EXPLAINERS
Executive Branch:
- New Public Charge Rule
- What Changed With Public Charge?
- Protecting Immigrant Families (available in English, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese)
- Public Charge: Does this Apply to Me?
- Protecting Immigrant Families (available in English, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese)
- Duration of Status Rule Change for International Students and Exchange Visitors
- Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
- What is happening with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the United States? (International Refugee Assistance Project)
- Green Card Policy Change (May 2026)
- How does the green card policy change affect me? (International Refugee Assistance Project)
- Asylum Changes
- Deployment of the National Guard
- Military Deployments and Federal “Occupations” of American Cities (National Immigration Law Center)
- Re-examination of Biden Refugee Admissions
- Changes to the refugee program in the U.S. (USAHello)
- Naturalization Civics Test
- Preparing Your Clients for the 2025 Naturalization Civics Test (Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc)
- Rescission of Protected Areas Policy
- Factsheet: Trump’s Rescission of Protected Areas Policies Undermines Safety for All (NILC)
- Protected Areas Messaging Guide for Partners (Children Thrive Action Network)
- Travel and Visa Bans
- A Guide to the Countries on Trump’s Travel Ban List (Council on Foreign Relations)
- Explainer on the Trump Administration’s Expanded 2025 Travel Ban (IRAP)
- Trump’s Newest Xenophobic Travel Ban (NILC)
- Day One Executive Orders Overview
- Human Rights First Analysis of the Trump Administration’s Initial Immigration Executive Actions (Human Rights First)
Congress:
- ICE First, Families Last Act (Reconciliation 2.0 Bill)
- Big Ugly Reconciliation Bill
- What's in the Big Beautiful Bill? Immigration & Border Security Unpacked (American Immigration Council)
- The Reconciliation Bill: What It Means for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (Advancing Justice | AAJC)
- Laken Riley Act
- Community Explainer: Laken Riley Act (National Immigration Project)
- Five Things to Know about the Laken Riley Act (NILC)
Supreme Court:
- June 2026 Supreme Court Immigration Decisions
- The Supreme Court Just Issued Four Major Immigration Decisions: Here's What You Need to Know (Advancing Justice | AAJC)
- Attacks on Birthright Citizenship and the Supreme Court’s Decision
- Birthright Citizenship Explainer (American Immigration Council)
- Understanding the Trump Administration’s August 2026 Birthright Citizenship Executive Orders(Asian Law Caucus)
- Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem
- How the Supreme Court's Latest Decision Clears the Way for Racial Profiling During Immigration Raids (American Immigration Council)
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
- Know Your Rights Under the U.S. Constitution – No Matter Who Is President (NILC)
- Available in Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Korean, Arabic, and Spanish.
- Know Your Rights 4 Immigrants on the App Store (NAKASEC)
- Available in 16 languages, primarily Asian languages as well as Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Russian.
- Green Card Holders: Know Your Rights & Risks During the Second Trump Administration (NILC)
- Know Your Rights for DACA Recipients(United We Dream)
- Red Cards / Tarjetas Rojas (ILRC)
- Available in 16 languages including Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Hmong, Korean, Punjabi, and Vietnamese.
- Know Your Rights Videos in English, Khmer, Hmong, and Vietnamese (MN8)
COMMUNITY SAFETY
- Travel Guidance
- Emergency Planning
- Step-by-Step Family Preparedness Plan (ILRC)
- Family Emergency Plan - Communities United for Status and Protection (CUSP)
- Creating a Family Immigration Raid Emergency Plan(AFT)
- Addressing Misinformation
- Real or Rumor: How to Verify Online Reports of ICE Raids(Witness and United We Dream)
- Don't Spread Unverified Reports of ICE Sightings (@triangleradicalevents on Instagram)
- ICE Raids in California: How to Sort Fact From Rumor Online (KQED)
- In Illinois, report possible ICE sightings to ICIRR’s Family Support Network hotline: 1-855-HELP-MY-FAMILY (1-855-435-7693)
- Resources for Educators
- How School Districts Can Take Action to Protect Their Immigrant Students (The Century Foundation)
- Guidance on Immigration Issues (NEA)
- Safe Zone School Districts (NEA)
- Immigration Enforcement in School (MALDEF)
- A Guide to Creating “Safe Space” Policies for Early Childhood Programs - (Center for Law and Social Policy)
- Plyler and Data Collection (NILC)
- Resources for Healthcare Providers
OTHER RESOURCES
- Legal Services