Community Partners & Resources:
Immigration Resources:
Dear Psychology Community,
These resources are a compilation of websites, presentations, and handouts that have been shared across the national psychology community. Feel free to share with your networks.
DCPA’s offering of this resource is not a substitute for legal advice.
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Family Resources
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Immigrant Youth and Family Resources — Legal Counsel for Youth and Children
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The People’s Law Directory (an MD resource for legal aid)
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National Immigration Legal Services Directory (MD directory)
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National Immigration Legal Services Directory (DC directory)
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MD Attorney General’s Guidance Memorandum for MD State and Local Law Enforcement Officials
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​Whitman Walker
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Red Cards: The ILRC’s Red Cards/Tarjeta Rojas help people assert their rights and defend themselves in many situations, such as when ICE agents go to a home.
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Latine/x Mental Health Resources
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Know Your Rights Family Handouts This resource includes information for immigrants and citizens on how to make a childcare and family preparedness plan, which documents to carry, and what immigrants and allies can do if approached by ICE agents. Available from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center in eight languages.
Resources for Psychologists/Therapists/Clinicians
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Immigrant Defense Project (resources in English and Spanish)
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APA Letter on Sharing Confidential Mental Health Information
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NILC and ACLU combined guidance for healthcare providers and immigration enforcement (last updated 2020)
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Healthcare Providers and Immigration Enforcement: Know Your Rights, Know Your Patients’ Rights- National Immigration Law Center
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ICE at a Healthcare Facility: What Should You Do? Made available for Husch and Blackwell Law
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Promoting Safe and Secure Healthcare Access for All-California Attorney General
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Guide for Employers: What to Do if Immigration Comes to Your Workplaces-National Employment Law Center and National Immigration Law Center
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Know Your Rights: Organizations and Businesses-New Jersey Guidance
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Privacy Protections in Selected Federal Benefits Programs-National Immigration Law Center last updated 2019
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AMA Guidance on “ A Colleague Wants to Call ICE on a Patient: What Should I DO?
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts office of the Attorney General
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Guidance for Healthcare Facilities prepared by Holland & Knight
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Navigating Immigration Enforcement in Health Care Settings prepared by Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC