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1989 San Francisco Sanctuary City Ordinance No. 375-89

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...

Undocumented Driver Licenses

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...

Free College For All: Organizing Guide

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source People's Action

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Education

The higher education system is a major force in economic, racial, and gender inequality that serves the pockets of corporations and the ultra-wealthy. This report delves into the principles, membership, and strategies of Student Action, a group devoted to utilizing direct action,...

Ensuring Health and Justice for Undocumented Boys and Men of Color

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) California

Source The Greenlining Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health

The health and well-being of undocumented boys and men of color are vital to the future of California. State and local lawmakers must make the lived experiences of undocumented boys and men of color a focal point of health care, immigration, criminal justice, and education policiy....

The War Against Immigrants: Trump’s Tech Tools Powered by Palantir

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level State, National

State(s) All States

Source Mijente

Policy Areas Data & Technology

With the willing collaboration of Silicon Valley, the Trump administration has accelerated and expanded its crackdown on migrant communities. Companies like Palantir, Amazon, Salesforce, and dozens of others have pursued federal government contracts to arm agencies like Immigration...

Essential and Excluded: How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Impacting Immigrant Families

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2021

Level State, National

State(s) Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania

Source The Center for Popular Democracy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health

Organizers in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and North Carolina conducted interviews with over 900 Latinx immigrants (including nearly 400 undocumented community members) about the important issues facing immigrant communities during the COVID-19 pandemic....

Deportation Defense Guide for the Faith Community: Lifting Up Individual Deportation Cases in the Trump Era

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Faith in Action

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Public Safety

One of the many ways to help a person facing deportation is to lift up their case publicly. The major organizing objectives of publicly lifting up an individual case are to connect the individual person’s imminent deportation and story to the larger local, regional and national immigration...

2003 Seattle Ordinance 121063 Prohibiting City Employees from Inquiring about Immigration Status

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2003

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Seattle City Council

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety

This ordinance prohibits Seattle City officers and employees from inquiring into the immigration status of any person or engaging in activities designed to attain this information....

Building a Bigger We: Changing Hearts & Minds on Immigration in Rural and Small-Town America

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level State

State(s) Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania

Source People's Action

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Community Development

U.S. Gallup polls indicate that individuals living in rural and small-town communities have a hostile view towards immigrants in the United States. In 2019 People’s Action launched a campaign in Michigan, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania with the goal of “building a bigger we”, or...

In-State Tuition for All

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level County

State(s) All States

Source State Innovation Exchange

Policy Areas Education, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

There are 2.1 million undocumented college-age individuals in the country who have overcome significant obstacles in order to pursue their education and the American dream. Given some encouragement and support, these students, often called Dreamers, could reach their potential and...

2017 Columbus Executive Order Declaring Sanctuary Status

Type Executive Order

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) Ohio

Source Mayor of the City of Columbus

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Public Safety, Civil Rights

This executive order protects people without documentation from deportation and expands immigration protection services....

Immigration Fights

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source State Innovation Exchange

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Children & Families, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance

The estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. face massive challenges under President Donald Trump's administration. Increased anti-immigrant rhetoric, deportations carried out through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Department of Justice's threats...

Culver City Police Department Policy Regarding ICE Detainer Requests and the Reporting of Undocumented Immigrants

Type Executive Order

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Culver City

Policy Areas Children & Families, Civil Rights, Public Safety

This policy states that the Culver City Police Department will not honor ICE detainer requests unless a Federal Probable Cause hearing has occurred. It also prohibits officers from reporting suspected undocumented immigrants to ICE unless circumstances indicate such reporting as reasonably...

Sanctuary Not Deportation: A Faithful Witness to Building Welcoming Communities

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...

Connecticut’s Excluded Communities: Key Findings from a COVID-19 Community Impact Survey

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,...

2011 Cook County Policy for Responding to ICE Detainers

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...

2008 Hartford Ordinance 20-08 Protecting Access to City Services for Undocumented Immigrants

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2008

Level City or Town

State(s) Connecticut

Source City Of Hartford

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety, Children & Families

This city ordinance requires that all city services be made available to residents, regardless of immigration status. It also requires that referrals to medical or social service agencies be made in the same manner to all residents, regardless of immigration status. In addition, the...

Licenses for Immigrant Drivers in Massachusetts

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) Massachusetts

Source MassBudget

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Public Safety

This brief examines the positive impacts that allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses would create. The brief references studies demonstrate that the provision of licenses creates safer roads, and access to car insurance, enhances public safety, advances racial...

Local Options for Protecting Immigrants: A Collection of City and County Policies to Protect Immigrants from Discrimination and Deportation

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...

Providing Health Care to Undocumented Residents: Program Details and Lessons Learned From Three California County Health Programs

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level County

State(s) California

Source U.C. Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education

Policy Areas Health, Civil Rights

This report evaluates the impact of various California programs which extended public healthcare to undocumented immigrants....

Smart Borders or a Humane World?

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Immigrant Defense Project

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety, Data & Technology

Smart borders involve the expanded use of surveillance and monitoring technologies including cameras, drones, biometrics, and motion sensors to stop unwanted migration and track migrants. This report details some of the more prominent deployments of smart-border technologies. Beyond...

Immigration Roadmap

Type Roadmap

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source ProGov21

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Economic Justice

Although US immigration policy is regulated at the federal level, local governments still play a role in protecting the rights of immigrants, regardless of their citizenship status, and promoting their economic and social incorporation. ProGov21's Immigration Roadmap calls on local...

2021 Chicago "Welcoming City" Ordinance O2021-117 Non-Compliance with ICE

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source Chicago City Council

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety

This ordinance prohibits agents or agencies from participating in civil immigration enforcement operations or assisting the civil enforcement of federal immigration law. Specifically, they shall not stop, arrest, or detain a person based upon an administrative warrant, an immigration...

Local Policy Interventions for Protecting Immigrants

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source The Immigrant Legal Resource Center

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety

This report identifies the most effective local policy interventions for protecting immigrants. These include establishing multi-agency prohibitions on immigration enforcement, limiting jail-to-ICE transfers, prohibiting patrol officers from working with ICE, setting due process protections,...

Municipal ID cards as a local strategy to promote belonging and shared community identity

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, New Jersey

Source The Center for Popular Democracy

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Community Development, Democracy & Governance

The lack of official identification for many residents, including immigrants, children, the homeless, and other vulnerable groups, restricts their access to services, law enforcement, and financial institutions, causing increased vulnerability and decreased civic participation. Localities...

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