The Little Red Cards are printed by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center in San Jose, CA. The cards are available in 19 languages including Spanish, Haitian Creole, Punjabi, Tagalog, and Korean. The card lists rights found in the 5th and 4th amendments of the Bill of Rights. If you are stopped by an ICE agent, you show him the card. Don’t say anything. Just show the card.
They have been very effective. You can get them on line from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center or from the UFW Foundation. You, of course, can print them on any kind of paper you want, but it is best to use red card stock.
The card is a fold over. On the one side is the language of the immigrant; on the other side is the English translation. Even if you are a citizen, if you look Mexican, or Asian, or Haitian, or even Ukrainian (in other words, if you live in the United States today), you should have one in your wallet. Also the number of an immigration attorney. Yes, it has come to this.
Or you can a Gold Card: https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5308649
ReplyDeleteI am a naturalized US citizen. I usually comment under my full name, but not this time.
ReplyDeleteI have considered carrying my birth certificate and US passport on me at all times.
I'm reminded of the old Cheech Marin movie, "Born in East LA." Like Cheech, if I'm outside the US without my papers, how could I ever prove I was a citizen?
I suspect that today it's the undocumented immigrant, and tomorrow, it might be immigrants with legal status convicted of felonies. Soon, it might be naturalized citizens who commit misdemeanors, like traffic violations.
He's taking revenge on everyone who laughed at him and didn't vote for him.
I had forgotten about "Born in East L.A." Everyone should watch it.
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