Resource List: Ensuring Access to Services for Immigrant
Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

Updated February 14, 2025
See AIS Explainer: Immigration Policy Updates and
their Impact on Immigrant Survivors

Information Regarding Executive Orders & Other Policy Updates

• Democracy 2025 Response Center

• Immigration Tracking Project

• The National Immigration Law Center and the American Immigration Council Executive Order Explainers

• AIS Explainer, Immigration Policy Updates and their Impact on Survivors of Gender-based Violence

• Immigration Equality, NIJC and Oasis Legal Services, New Considerations for U.S. Passports, Immigration Forms, and Documents for Trans, Non-binary and Intersex People 

• ICE Enforcement Resources

  • AIS Practice Alert, New ICE Guidance on Current or Potential Victim-Based Beneficiaries 

  • NIPNLG, Setting the Record Straight About Sanctuary Policies: A Response to Threats Against Sanctuary Cities

• Understanding Section 19 (“Funding Review”) of the Executive Order “Protecting American People from Invasion” 

• NIPNLG, Practice Advisory on the Laken Riley Act

• NIPNLG, Community Explainer: Laken Riley Act (English/Spanish)

• AIS Toolkit, Challenging Misinformation  

New Government Agency Policy Guidance and Resources

• Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), Guidance on the Laken Riley Act

• Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Interim Guidance on Civil Immigration Enforcement Actions in or near Courthouses

• Department of Justice, Sanctuary Jurisdiction Directive 

• ICE Detainee Locator: https://locator.ice.gov/odls/#/search

• USCIS Customer Service: https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/contact-us

• Immigration Court Information:

  • https://acis.eoir.justice.gov/en  (English)

  • https://acis.eoir.justice.gov/es/ (Spanish)

  • Phone lines: 800-898-7180 (TDD: 800-828-1120) 

  • List of immigration courts: https://www.justice.gov/eoir/find-immigration-court-and-access-internet-based-hearings 

Language Access & Access to Services 

• APIGBV’s Interpretation Technical Assistance & Resource Center

• Federal Interagency Resources for Limited English Proficiency Resources: www.lep.gov 

• Joint DOJ, HUD and HHS Letter Re: Services to Immigrant Victims August 2016

• Public Charge Resources:

• Protect Immigrant Families Campaign

• USCIS Public Charge and Benefits Factsheet

• NIWAP Public Benefits Map

Immigration-related Resources for Survivors

• Women’s Law: National Network to End Domestic Violence

• Immigration Advocacy Network Legal Services Directory 

• Ready to Stay - not survivor specific but has information of interest to survivors and all community members  

• NIJC KYR Avoid Immigration Fraud: 

• AILA, Resources on Avoid Immigration Scams

Individual & Family Safety Planning

• ILRC Community Resources and Preparedness Tool 

• CLINIC: Know Your Rights 

• ILRC Red Cards

• ACLU KYR resources

• We Have Rights, multilingual videos and other resources related to protecting your rights during ICE encounters

• NILC: What to Do if You Are Arrested or Detained by Immigration (PDF in English, Spanish, Chinese - Traditional, Korean, Haitian Creole and Arabic)

• Conoce Tus Derechos

• Casa Maryland: Know Your Rights Materials, also available in Spanish and French

• NILC Know Your Rights Materials related to expedited removals, also available in Spanish.

• NAKASEC: KYR App in Multiple Languages 

• National LGBTQ Institute on Intimate Partner Violence

Materials for Advocates and Agencies 

(note that additional guidance for domestic violence shelters is forthcoming)

• NWIRP Advisory to Nonprofit Organizations and Social Services Providers Regarding Immigration Enforcement

• Blue Card, developed by the Inner City Law Center (see here for a PDF version amended by ICWC)

• NILC: What to do if Immigration Comes to Your Workplace (PDF in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Thai)

• Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition: Understanding the difference between an ICE warrant and a Judicial Warrant 

• NILC: Warrants and Subpoenas: What to Look Out for  and How to Respond

• ILRC: Sample ICE Warrants

• NIPNLG Practice Advisory: Remedies to DHS Enforcement at Courthouses and Other Protected Locations 

• Muslims for Just Futures Immigration KYR Resources

• Violence Free Minnesota:  All Are Welcome Here Materials (English) and (Spanish) 

• API-GBV Immigration Enforcement and Victim Services Programs (current as of January 2025)

• New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Guidance to Nonprofits Regarding Immigration Enforcement

• Factsheet: Trump’s Rescission of Protected Areas Policies Undermines Safety for All 

• AIS: ICE Courthouse and Sensitive Locations Update: Safety Planning and Guidance for GBV Organizations

• Know Your Rights Phone Apps:

  • NAKASEC app: Visit bit.ly/KYR_Aptoide to download now. (Apple download: bit.ly/KYR_Apple)

Materials for Community Partners

• American Federation of Teachers: Immigration Guide for Educators and School Support Staff

• National Immigration Law Center: Healthcare Providers and Immigration Enforcement - Guide to Know Your Patients’ Rights (PDF in English)

• Traumatic Separation Resources from National Child Traumatic Stress Network:

  • https://www.nctsn.org/resources/children-traumatic-separation-information-professionals

  • https://www.nctsn.org/resources/childhood-traumatic-separation-youth-information-sheet

  • https://www.nctsn.org/resources/giving-immigrant-children-voice-understanding-traumatic-separation

  • https://www.nctsn.org/resources/guiding-caregivers-how-talk-child-about-deportation-or-separation

  • https://www.nctsn.org/resources/pfa-for-displaced-children-and-families

AIS will be updating this list with additional resources in the coming weeks. If you have resources you would like to include, please reach out to AIS at info@immigrantsurvivors.org. Thank you!

The Alliance for Immigrant Survivors (AIS) is a network of advocates and allies across the
country dedicated to defending and advocating for policies that ensure immigrant survivors
of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and other gender-based abuses have
access to life-saving protections that all survivors of violence deserve.