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Family Safety Plans

Preparing Your Family for Immigration Emergencies
It is crucial during these difficult and uncertain times for immigrants and refugees to have a plan in place for you and your family.
Being prepared is one of the most important things you can do to protect yourself and your loved ones.
 
These four steps will help you get started.

Collect, update, and make copies of all of you and your children’s important documents, including:

  • State ID or driver’s license
  • Birth certificates
  • Passports
  • Immigration documentation (including your “alien registration number”
  • Marriage
  • Medical
  • Financial
  • School records

Keep copies of your state ID/driver’s license and immigration documentation on you at all times.

It is also important to memorize a phone number you can call in case of detainment or an emergency.

It is recommended to fill out this privacy form now in case you are detained:

Form

  • Choose a trusted family member, friend, or guardian who can take care of your children if you are arrested or detained.
  • Create a Delegation of Parental Authority (DOPA), which gives permission for someone else to make decisions about your child’s care, custody, and property.
    • DOPAs last for one year 
    • You do not need to file a DOPA in court

Learn more about DOPA

Create a DOPA 

 

Get help immediately. 

The following organizations can help:

  • CAIR Minnesota 24/7 legal intake: 612-206-3360
  • Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
    • Detainee intake: 651-641-1011, ext. 2000
    • Intake hours: Monday 2-4pm; Thursday 10am-12pm  
  • Advocates for Human Rights  
    • Immigrant Client Line: 612-341-9845 
  • Minneapolis Office & Immigration Law Project  
    • Intake: 612-332-1441
    • Intake hours: Mondays 10:30am-12:30pm; Thursdays 12:30-3:30pm. Or leave a recorded message anytime.
  • University of Minnesota Law School Center for New Americans Detainee Rights Clinic 
    • Call 612-625-5515  
    • Friends and families can email: detainee@umn.edu 

  • Everyone, regardless of immigration status, has guaranteed, constitutional rights.
  • Red cards explain your rights.
  • Carry a red card with you at all times and show it to law enforcement to express your rights.

Red cards

Know your rights

Learn more about family safety plans