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Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2023
Level State
State(s) New Mexico
Source New Mexico Voices for Children
Policy Areas Economic Justice
Immigrant families significantly struggled during the pandemic as they were ineligible to receive the federal government's safety-net programs. In 2022, New Mexico started a guaranteed income program that provided $500 per month to mixed-status immigrant families, which increased...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2014
Level County
State(s) New Mexico
Source Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Public Safety
This ordinance states that the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center will not detain any inmate and will not delay the otherwise authorized release of any inmate, as a result of detainer requests or administrative warrants received by ICE. An immigration detainer request...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2016
Level City or Town
State(s) New York
Source New York City
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Community Development, Democracy & Governance
This resolution supports and reaffirms the establishment of laws, policies, and practices that ensure access to legal protections regardless of immigration status, and urges the City of New York to not cooperate with federal immigration efforts. ...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2011
Level City or Town
State(s) Pennsylvania
Source State College Borough Council
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
This ordinance prohibits employment discrimination. It ensures that all persons receive equal opportunities for employment regardless of their perceived or actual race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status,...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level Other Boards and Agencies
State(s) All States
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance
This toolkit is designed to help strengthen the sanctuary and refugee rights movements by providing a platform to look at and strengthen sanctuary campaigns and policies through an anti-war lens. The goal is to highlight the role of the U.S.’ actions in producing migration; the multiple...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2025
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source -
Policy Areas Children & Families, Civil Rights, Public Safety
Immigrant communities face unequal access to services due to fear of interactions with local law enforcement that cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, causing distrust among the community, underreporting of crimes, and increased exploitation. Sanctuary policies limit local...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 1989
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source City and County of San Francisco
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety, Children & Families
An ordinance declaring San Francisco to be a sanctuary city and outlining prohibitions on obligating funds toward deportation-related purposes. In particular, no department, agency, commission, officer, or employee of the City and County of San Francisco shall use any City funds or...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2017
Level County
State(s) All States
Source SiX Action
Policy Areas Housing, Public Safety, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Transportation & Mobility
Providing undocumented immigrants access to driver's licenses has become a focus of many immigrants' rights organizations and of communities that recognize the important role immigrant residents play as part of these communities. Progressive proponents of providing access to driver's...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2021
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source NIJC
Policy Areas Children & Families, Civil Rights, Public Safety
The entanglement of local law enforcement with federal immigration authorities enables a discriminatory pipeline that disproportionately harms Black and Brown immigrants, leading to deportations often based on minor or no convictions and eroding community trust. The solution is to...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2013
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source City of Long Beach
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Community Development
This resolution delineates requirements for Long Beach government efforts to increase language accessibility. According to this ordinance, all public contact positions shall have access to a directory of qualified bilingual staff; departments shall share employee translation and interpretation...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2003
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source Arcata City Council
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety
This ordinance prohibits City employees from engaging in or permitting unlawful detentions or profiling based on race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or political or religious association. It also prohibits them from cooperating with investigations, interrogations,...

Type Roadmap
Year 2017
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source Welcoming America
Policy Areas Children & Families, Community Development, Democracy & Governance
Rural refugees often face isolation, limited access to services, and economic barriers to entry, while communities often lack resources and coordinated efforts for integration. This toolkit highlights four successful rural initiatives-focusing on economic development, community engagement,...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level City or Town, County
State(s) All States
Source Community Justice Exchange
Policy Areas Civil Rights
For decades, advocates, activists, and organizations have deployed courtwatching as a tactic to achieve a wide variety of outcomes, such as ensuring a more transparent criminal legal system, reporting on judges or prosecutors, gathering information for a campaign, providing individual...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2010
Level County
State(s) Colorado
Source San Miguel County Detention Center
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety, Children & Families
This policy prohibits staff at the San Miguel County Detention Center from asking detainees about their immigration status or place of birth. It also outlines procedures for when an ICE detainer is received for the detainee....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level City or Town, National
State(s) All States
Source Faith in Action
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Spaces, Public Safety
Sanctuary is a tool that provides a place of refuge and safety to those facing deportation. This report provides a brief history of the Sanctuary movement and outlines the resurgence of the Sanctuary movement under the Trump Administration. Additionally, this report calls for the...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2010
Level County
State(s) Washington
Source King County Council
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance
The ordinance, in order to achieve the 'fair and just principle' embedded within the countywide strategic plan, requires that equity and justice be applied to every county action. The ordinance establishes an inter-branch team to facilitate accountability of and coordination by all...

Type Executive Order
Year 2008
Level County
State(s) Washington
Source King County Superior Court Judges
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Children & Families
The King County Superior Court affirmed its commitment to keeping the courts open and accessible for everyone by establishing a policy stating that warrants based on immigration status should not be executed in courtrooms unless ordered by a judge and that discourages processing within...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2021
Level City or Town, State, National
State(s) Connecticut
Source The Center for Popular Democracy
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing, Health
Connecticut’s Latinx and immigrant communities are being disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Make the Road Connecticut (MRCT) launched an impact survey to more fully understand key issues facing people of color and immigrants related to employment, housing, health,...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year -
Level Other
State(s) All States
Source National Immigration Law Center
Policy Areas Children & Families, Civil Rights, Public Safety
Undocumented students often experience discrimination and or denial of their legal right to public education. This factsheet outlines legal protections that exist, and actions that schools must take to ensure all students, regardless of status, can access a safe education. ...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2011
Level County
State(s) Illinois
Source Cook County Board
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety
This ordinance requires the Sheriff of Cook County to decline ICE detainer requests unless there is written agreement stating that all costs incurred by Cook County in complying with the ICE detainer shall be reimbursed. It also prohibits ICE agents from accessing individuals or County...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year -
Level Other
State(s) All States
Source -
Policy Areas Children & Families, Civil Rights, Public Safety
Immigrant students face intimidation, surveillance, and limited access to educational opportunities due to intensifying immigration enforcement practices. This toolkit provides resources and strategies for families to advocate for and protect their childrens rights and safety in schools....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2016
Level County
State(s) All States
Source Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Children & Families, Housing, Public Safety
In response to President-elect Donald Trump's promise to deport two to three million immigrants when he takes office, many cities and counties across the United States are seeking to enact local policies (often referred to as "sanctuary" or "welcoming") to protect their immigrant...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2024
Level City or Town
State(s) Wisconsin
Source UniverCity Alliance, UW-Madison
Policy Areas Community Development, Democracy & Governance
Wausau is working to improve the integration of immigrants by institutionalizing welcoming efforts and fostering partnerships with immigrant-serving organizations. The localities plan emphasizes offering information in multiple languages, creating centralized resources, and preparing...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2023
Level City or Town, County
State(s) All States
Source Welcoming America
Policy Areas Children & Families, Community Development
Against growing levels of global migration and demographic change, community foundations have a responsibility to create welcoming local communities for immigrants and other newcomers. Through a series of interviews with staff from community foundations, this report finds that many...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2012
Level City or Town
State(s) Washington
Source Washington College of Law
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance
This report discusses D.C.'s failure to implement the D.C. Language Access Act. The D.C. Language Access Act was enacted to improve non-English proficient resident's access to translation and interpretation services at municipal entities. The report makes several recommendations to...

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