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Legal Advice

Written by [ANONYMOUS]

Overview: The details of this page as of 2/22/2026 are not written by me (K4IJU), unless surrounded with square brackets [] for additional information.

NOTE: The content of this brochure does NOT constitute official legal advice. Please consult an immigration attorney for official legal advice.

ICE:

1.) If you have any contact with ICE or the police--in the street, at your home, in jail, at work, or while driving:

• Do not answer any questions if you are arrested at work, at home, or driving. You do not answer any questions about your immigration status, your place of birth or your criminal history. ICE can use anything you say against you. You have the right to remain silent.


• DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING without speaking to an attorney first


• NEVER plead guilty to any criminal charge-even a very minor one-without talking to an attorney about how it could affect your immigration status.

2.) If ICE comes to your house:

• DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR. Be aware: ICE may lie about who they are.


• Try to stay calm and do not lie. Just say, "I do not want to answer any questions," or "I am exercising my right to remain silent," but nothing else.


• If ICE enters your home, make sure to state that you do not consent to a search of your person or your belongings.

3.) If ICE Stops you in the street or a public place:

• Stay Calm. Don't run! [They have shown they are more than capable of immediately resorting to deadly force.]


• Ask if you are being arrested or detained, but do not answer any of their questions.


• If they say you are not being arrested, ask if you are free to leave.


• Do not carry any documents from the country where you were born. Carry local form of a picture ID - driver's license, school, or work ID will do. Do not cary any false documents. [However, a lot of the time they do not care whether you have documentation or not. If they fail to identify themselves at all, one could argue it is within your rights to defend yourself if need be, for they could be fake law enforcement / kidnappers for all you know.]

4.) Feel free to print out the following onto a card / paper to hand to ICE without needing to say a word:

I do not wish to speak with you, answer your questions, or sign or hand you any documents based on my 5th Amendment rights under the United States Constitution.

I do not give you permission to enter my home based on my 4th Amendment rights under the United States Constitution unless you have a warrant to enter, signed by a judge or magistrate with my name on it that you slide under the door.

I do not give you permission to search any of my belongings based on my 4th Amendment rights.

I choose to exercise my constitutional rights.

These rights are available to citizens and noncitizens alike.

[Keep in mind, that this might still do you no good in such a situation; again, they have proven multiple times they do not care to follow in-line with the law. Although, it is definitely better to have a slip with this information on it than to not.]