Whether you’re a U.S. citizen, a green card holder, a student on a visa, or undocumented, you have legal rights.
Below you will find resources for advocates, service providers and allies who want to help ensure that immigrants know their rights in different contexts.
MIRA provides “know your rights” trainings for groups, but we also encourage you to use and share the pre-recorded multilingual presentations available below. Right now, we are prioritizing community-facing events. You can fill out this form to request one.
Table of Contents:
Upcoming Trainings
Know Your Rights Recorded Presentations
Slides for a Community Presentation
Know Your Rights Handouts
Know Your Rights cards (ILRC)
Know Your Rights Digital Toolkit
Family Preparedness
Know Your Rights Posters
Know Your Rights App
Information About Immigration Scams/Notario Fraud
More Resources by Topic
For Educators and Service Providers
For Employers
For Noncitizen Protesters
Interacting With Immigration Customs Enforcement (I.C.E)
Additional general KYR resources
Policy Updates
- Know Your Rights: This training will cover basic Know Your Rights information, including rights in interactions with immigration enforcement, including when immigration comes to your home or stops you while driving, family preparedness, public charge, where to get legal help, and information on notario fraud and immigration scams.
- February 11 at 2-3pm – register here
- February 21 at 10-11am – register here
- Konnen Dwa Ou (Know Your Rights Haitian Creole) – jedi 27 fevriye a 2pm – enskri isit la
- Fòmasyon sa a pral kouvri enfòmasyon debaz Konnen Dwa Ou yo, enkli dwa nan entéraskyson ak ranfòsman imigrasyon, enkli lè imigrasyon vini lakay ou oswa lè w kanpe pandan w ap kondwi, preparasyon fanmi, chaj piblik, ki kote pou jwenn èd legal, ak enfòmasyon sou fwod notè ak frod imigrasyon.
- MIRA’s Winter Training Series (on the following dates from 1-2pm – attend one or attend all)
- Thursday, February 13: ABCs of Immigration
- Thursday, February 27: Immigration Policy Updates and the Work Ahead
- Thursday, March 13: How You Can Be an Immigrant Advocate
- Thursday, March 27: Rights, Resources and Benefits for Immigrants
- Know Your Rights for K-12 Schools & Educators – Friday, February 14 at 9:30-11am – register here
- This training is intended for those working in Massachusetts K-12 schools, including teachers, counselors, administrators. It will cover basic Know Your Rights information, rights in interactions with immigration enforcement – including when immigration comes to your home or stops you while driving – family preparedness, public charge, and where to get legal help. We will also review recent guidance to K-12 schools issued by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and review best practices with regard to data sharing, responding to ICE presence or requests for information, and navigating conversations with immigrant students and their families.
- Train the Trainer: Know Your Rights Workshops – Monday, March 3 at 12pm – register here
- This training will be focused on best practices in sharing Know Your Rights information in your community. We will review the nuts and bolts of putting together a KYR presentation, models for delivering the information, and how to handle tough questions. Participants should watch the recorded Know Your Rights training on our website, as substantive information on KYR topics will be provided in that training that will not be covered in detail in the Train the Trainer session.
- To request a Know Your Rights in the Workplace for Employers and Employees contact achavezandonie@miracoalition.org
- Recorded Know Your Rights Presentations
- English (MIRA 12.2024)
- English (MIRA 2.2025)
- Kreyòl ayisyen (MIRA 12.2024) & Kreyòl ayisyen (produced by IFSI 12.2024)
- Español (MIRA 12.2024)
- Português (MIRA 12.2024)
- Nepali (courtesy of SomerViva)
- Cantonese (courtesy of SomerViva)
- Mandarin (courtesy of SomerViva)
- Slides for a community presentation
Thank you to the City of Cambridge for assisting with translation!
- Know Your Rights handouts
Thank you to the City of Boston for assisting with translation!
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Know Your Rights cards (ILRC)
- English
- Español
- Português
- Kriolu-Cabo Verde
- Kreyòl ayisyen
- Additional languages can be found here
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Digital Toolkit (English, Spanish, Portuguese & Haitian Creole social media graphics, videos, and copy)
- English
- Español
- Português
- Kreyòl ayisyen
- Additional information and resources (multilingual): https://www.masslegalhelp.org/immigration/know-your-rights/planning-family-emergency
Know Your Rights Posters to display at your organization
- English 11×17″; English 18×24″
- Español 11×17″; Español 18×24″
- Português 11×17″; Português 18×24″
- Kreyòl ayisyen 11×17″; Kreyòl ayisyen 18×24″
Download for Android
Download for Apple
- Handout
- Videos
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Here are additional Know Your Rights materials by topic, including many resources created by other organizations. We will be adding more of these resources as they are made available!
- Guidance for educators
- Guidance for service providers
- Guidance for food pantries
- Massachusetts AGO guidance for service providers
- Additional guidance for service providers is available in this curated collection, as well as from Public Counsel and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (Note: these are not Massachusetts specific)
- Advocates’ Preparation Checklist / Lista de Preparativos para Defensores
- Guidance for homeless shelter providers (Note: this is a national resource, not Massachusetts specific)
- Guidance for healthcare providers
- Information on privacy protections in federal benefits programs
- Know Your Rights: Immigrants’ Participation in Protests
- 10 Things Non-citizen Protestors Need to Know
If you see ICE in public:
Download the “If you see I.C.E. in public” printable poster here to display at your organization