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

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

• AIS, FAQ: Information and Resources Regarding Recent Federal Policy Updates (March 2025)

• Immigrant Registration Requirement:

  • Talking to Immigrant Survivors about the Immigrant Registration Requirement (April 2025)

  • Hablando con inmigrantes sobrevivientes sobre el requisito de registro de inmigrante

  • Joint Comment on Registration Requirement Interim Final Rule (April 2025) — signed by 50 organizations across the country

• 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 

  • AIS two-pager for Advocates: Key Changes to ICE Enforcement Against Victim-Based Benefits: A Guide for Advocates

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

• AIS Vote Recommendation: Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025 (H.R. 3486)

• 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

• AIS: Your Right to Translation and Interpretation Services

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

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

• AIS Urges Congress to Protect Access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for Survivors (May 2025)

• 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

• Children Thrive Action Network toolkit featuring resources on supporting children and mixed-status family through the trauma of experiencing a family member's arrest and/or deportation

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

• NILC 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!

AIS Training Request Form 

AIS creates and hosts trainings and briefings for service providers, policymakers, researchers, lawyers, and advocates who support immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and other gender-based abuses. AIS trainings cover recent and pending changes to Federal legislation and regulations as well as emerging issues and concerns that impact survivors. If your organization would like to request a training, please fill out our AIS Training Request Form and, based on our capacity, we will work with you to figure out what is possible.

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.