Emergency and Family Support
Immigrants and their families need your help. Whether it is educating communities on their legal rights, responding to enforcement actions taking place in your community, or providing support after enforcement has occurred, these resources provide guidance on how you can help assist immigrants in need of your support. Please reflect on what kinds of support your diocese can provide affected communities, and be sure to let us know what you are doing at notalone@usccb.org.
Know your rights!
All people in the United States, including undocumented immigrants, have constitutional rights and protections. The flyers included on this page explain your rights in various places and contexts, including churches, schools, at work and in removal proceedings. Help spread the word to migrants who need this information.
Rapid Response Toolkit
This toolkit provides best practices and lessons learned from communities conducting rapid responses during ICE raids and arrests. It provides a plan of action for communities to support and guide people during and after a raid, as well as a how-to guide and a model notebook to help you build an inclusive rapid response team. Help empower your community by organizing and staying informed.
A Model for Emergency Response
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ Solidarity Fund
This is a challenging moment for our community. In the face of new immigration enforcement efforts, many in our community — our friends and family, our neighbors and fellow parishioners — are experiencing not only fear and anxiety, but economic uncertainty and hardship, as well. To try to help these brothers and sisters of ours and to provide them some security and stability in this difficult time, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles established a special Family Assistance Program that will be administered through its Cardinal McIntyre Fund. Please reflect prayerfully whether you can set up something similar in your diocese.
