Know Your Rights
IMPORTANT NOTICE: These materials do not specifically address President Trump's 2025 executive orders. While the resources linked on this page were created in response to previous executive orders related to travel, law enforcement, electronic privacy, and discrimination, and may still be helpful, we are currently reviewing new executive orders and will update our resources soon.
For the most current information about your rights under 2025 executive orders, please contact the Asian Law Caucus, an immigration attorney, or another legal services organization.
General
- Know The Facts and Know Your Rights: For Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian Communities (produced by ALC, ACLU, CAIR): English, Arabic, Farsi
- Stop Unfair Treatment of Chinese American Academics and Scientists (produced by ALC): English
- A Survival Guide for Environmental and Animal Rights Activists (produced by NLG): English
- Know Your Rights: Guide to Protesting and Community Safety (produced by ALC, CAIR-SFBA): English
- Know Your Rights for Protesters (produced by NLG): English, Spanish, Arabic, Farsi
Immigration and Travel
- What to Do at U.S. Embassy Interviews and If Your U.S. Passport is Revoked (produced by ACLU, ALC, AROC, CAIR, CCR, MLFA): English, Arabic
- Flying While Muslim (produced by CLEAR): English, Arabic, Bangla, Urdu
- Sikh Traveler's Bill of Rights (produced by the Sikh Coalition): English
- Iranian Travel Advisory - Know Your Rights at the Airport and Border: English, Farsi
- Know Your Rights: What to Do If You are Detained at a Port of Entry - For F & J Visa Holders (produced by American Immigration Lawyers Association, New England Chapter): English, Farsi
- Community Advisory on Executive Order Banning Immigration, Effective June 22, 2020: English
- Community Advisory on Muslim & African Bans: English, Arabic, Karen, Kyrgyz, Swahili, Tigrinya, Burmese
- No Muslim Ban Ever Fact Sheet: English, Arabic
FBI Surveillance
- FBI or Law Enforcement Visits (produced by ALC): English, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Farsi, Pashto, Punjabi, Urdu
- Know Your Rights: Using JTTFs to Investigate Protesters (produced by ALC, CAIR): English
- "The FBI Is at My Door...What Should I Do?" (produced by ALC, ACLU, CAIR): English, Arabic, Farsi
- Know Your Rights Comix #3 (produced by Midnight Special Collective): English
- You Have the Right to Remain Silent (produced by NLG): English, Arabic, Bengali, Spanish, Urdu
- Stopped by Police, Immigration Agents, or FBI (produced by ACLU): English, Farsi, Indonesian Bahasa, Somali, Tagalog, Urdu, Chinese, Arabic
Electronic Privacy
- Protecting Data Pocket Guide (produced by EFF): English, Arabic
- Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border (produced by EFF): English
Discrimination
- Community Response Toolkit: When Hate Groups Come to Town (produced by Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law): English