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Know Your Rights

Protocol: ICE Interaction. Priority: Critical

Follow these steps immediately if approached at your home.

  • Step 01

    Entry Protocol

    Priority: Critical
    DO NOT

    Open the door or step outside.

    DO

    Record from inside your home.

  • Step 02

    Ask for identification

    Request badge numbers and names through the closed door.

    • Request badge numbers and names.
    • Record or write down this information.
  • Step 03

    Demand to see a warrant

    If they claim to have no warrant or you see it lacks a judge’s signature:

    • Say: “I exercise my right to remain silent.”
    • Say: “You cannot enter without my consent.”
    • Keep the door closed.

    If they claim to have a warrant:

    • Request they slide it under the door or display it at a window.
    • Photograph the warrant.

    Check these four items:

    Issuing authority: Must be from a COURT, not Homeland Security or ICE.

    Status: Required

    Subject identity: Your correct name and address must appear, not someone else’s.

    Status: Required

    Expiration date: The “execute by” date must be within 14 days.

    Status: Required

    Signature: A judge or magistrate must sign it, not an immigration officer.

    Status: Required
  • Step 04

    If ICE enters your home

    Priority: Critical

    Record these violations: force, violence, intimidation, lies, or excessive searching.

    If you cannot film during the incident, record yourself describing what happened as soon as possible afterward.