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Jan 16, 2026

What steps should family or advocates take to locate and help someone detained by ICE?

Locate first, mobilize legal help second: family and advocates should search ICE’s Online Detainee Locator System (ODLS) using a full name or A-number, and if that fails immediately contact the local ...

Dec 5, 2025

What state-funded cash assistance or emergency aid programs are available to undocumented immigrants in 2025?

Federal law bars undocumented immigrants from most ongoing federal cash and major benefit programs, though they remain eligible for certain emergency and disaster aid (FEMA emergency noncash and some ...

Nov 11, 2025

What recourse do tenants have if a landlord improperly terminates a voucher tenancy?

Tenants whose landlords improperly terminate a voucher (Section 8) tenancy have multiple, layered remedies under federal program rules, state/local eviction law, and housing authority grievance proced...

Feb 6, 2026

What legal assistance resources are available to detained immigrants and how effective are pro bono programs?

can access a patchwork of legal assistance that ranges from city- and state-funded to national non-profits, law‑school clinics, and coordinated pro bono networks, but representation remains uneven and...

Dec 19, 2025

What are my rights if approached by ICE outside my home?

A person approached by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) outside their home retains core constitutional protections: the right to remain silent, the right to refuse entry to a home withou...