Month: February 2016

Resources for New York Defenders

Quick Reference Chart for Immigration Consequences of New York Criminal Offenses This digital, subscription-based chart provides access to newly updated information about the possible immigration consequences of specific, commonly charged New York offenses (now available with updates current as of July 2016). Practice Advisory: 2014 NYC Detainer Law On October 22, 2014 the New York City Council passed groundbreaking legislation … Read more »

Deportation 101

Deportation 101 is a training tool that educates and builds the capacity of immigrant and criminal justice service providers, immigrant leaders, and community organizers to respond to their members’ and clients’ needs as they interact with the criminal justice system. It functions as a free, 1-2 day-long seminar on the criminal-immigration system, accompanied by a manual developed jointly in 2005 … Read more »

DANGER! Police Involvement in Mass Deportation — Graphic Novel

The U.S is deporting people at a record pace (close to 400,000 a year!) and the rapidly expanding collaboration between police and immigration is a key tool. Immigrant communities urgently need tools to protect and expand their rights. Immigrant Defense Project initiated DANGER! Police Involvement in Mass Deportation in 2013 in work to end police collaboration with ICE with our allies the Sex … Read more »