00:00:00	Hello, my name is Diego Valdivia. I am  director of immigrant services with the YWCA in the La Bocotena Department in Rockford.  And next we have a presentation on deportation defense. I would like to say, as I always  say at the beginning of my presentations, I am not an attorney and this information  is not intended to be used as legal advice. It's just for the purpose of education and  information. Okay, let's get started. What does the process look like in the event  that an individual were to be detained? We do

00:00:38	have a program at our agency that works with  community navigators, which essentially are volunteers from the community. And this process  right here is intended in the event that you were to rely on somebody else, one of these volunteers, for example, but it could really be anyone else. Even if  you went straight to maybe an agency or an attorney looking for help, this is what it will  look like. You're going to start with the basic intake. There's some information that has  to be collected to get information on the

00:01:10	situation. And then you are going to try  to be connected with legal help. There are agencies or volunteers that could potentially  assist in getting you not only connected but ready for that legal consultation. And then lastly, if it really needed to get to that point, then you could also look  for rallying community support. Okay, what would you need for a basic intake,  whether it's with an agency, legal counsel, or an actual immigration attorney? You would need your A  number. Your A number is typically assigned to you

00:01:53	when you start an immigration process, either at  the border or once you are here in the U.S. So if you have anything pending or open or  initiated, those documents are going to have this number. Sometimes we highly recommend  that you memorize it and also give copies to individuals that you trust. Obviously,  the individual's full name, date of birth, place of birth, an emergency contact and phone number, and then you want to kind of have basic information on what happened around the  situation when the individual was detained.

00:02:27	This is just a tool, a useful tool that we utilize  and can be utilized by anyone truly. If someone is trying to find an individual  that has been detained. So it's a website. You go to the website and then you are going  to need that A number, the country of birth, full name, date of birth. With that basic information, you should be able to locate the individual. That's  why we highly recommend that those individuals that have an immigration process in progress that they memorize their A number because if they are able to make a call,  there might not be any other individual that has

00:03:09	this number and they can provide it over the  phone so that they can be located. Sometimes even when they make the call, they might  not even realize exactly where they are at that point. So we highly recommend that  that person memorizes their number. What does the assistance with  legal procedures look like? There will be communication with the family and  witnesses to find out what happened and then whether it's an agency or a support system for the  individual who help collect bond money and decide

00:03:42	who is going to pay for that bond. It should  be somebody that has legal status and then also identify immediate needs of the family,  whether they're financial or just coming up with an emergency plan, etc. They also might need assistance gathering information and documents to support  the case and work with attorneys and the family to strengthen the case and  pressure decision makers if needed. But it can also be assistance with  collecting information. An agency or volunteers could work with  the legal team to assist in documents.

00:04:17	Sometimes just navigating different  systems and different offices can be overwhelming in a situation like this. So there  are individuals, there are agencies like ours that can help the support system or the emergency  contactor relatives navigate those systems. So we might need obviously immigration  history, not only the A number, but all the dates and ways of entry into the U.S., any prior  applications, any prior content with immigration, criminal history. Sometimes we might need to go  to our local police station to get a criminal

00:04:54	background, criminal record, and then just  follow all the cases until the end. Now we might not need to get to this point. Typically these are more complex cases, but it is an option to have to gather to go out and find  some community support that can look in different ways, but typically you go to local organizations  that work with immigrant individuals. You might want to ask for their support. It could  also be faith-based organizations. Do you want to organize? Again, this is going to  be a bigger effort, but again, it is an option

00:05:42	if we needed to get to that point. Again, faith-based leaders or institutions, nonprofit organizations, elected officials, if needed, sometimes we do see that certain situations  may call for something like this. This is just an example of a rally, individuals,  organizations coming together. Here are some examples just to give you a couple scenarios. We have Cesar, who was the driver, was pulled over by ICE last weekend. In the car with Cesar was  his brother and daughter. ICE proceeded to arrest

00:06:24	Cesar after taking his fingerprints and questioned  the passengers about their status. Cesar Brothers calls you after an arrest. What should you do?  Just based on the previous slides, we kind of just want to make sure that, as we mentioned, we have as much information in detail of what happened and be able to describe that. Hopefully  we have Cesar's A number or information, and then reach out to obviously the emergency  contacts, the relatives, but mobilize and try to contact an organization, a nonprofit. If there's an attorney that has been assigned,

00:07:04	then reach out to the attorney immediately. In situations like this, the sooner that you act, the better. Another scenario, Martin was hanging out with friends in the garage, went unmarked,  car stopped by, two officers got out of the car, asked and showed a picture of an individual they  were looking for. Martin and his group of friends cooperated by answering a few questions. The officers left, and a short time later they returned and arrested Martin. Martin's wife calls you. What should you do? Again, very similar to the previous scenario.

00:07:39	We want to make sure that we are as detailed  as possible and provide all of the information, including the first time that the officers showed  up, all the questions that they asked. If they mention names, even if we're not  familiar with those names, we want to make sure that we hopefully remember as much of that information as possible. All of this and all the details can be useful. Then same  as the previous case, try to reach out to an attorney or at least a nonprofit organization that can help as soon as possible.

00:08:10	With this scenario, we conclude this presentation.  Of course, there are so many situations and there are so many scenarios that can look so  different, but you want to be as prepared. If something does happen, then you want to collect  as much information and data documentation as possible and reach out to legal counsel or nonprofits also as soon as possible. If there are any questions, of course, reach  out to your local nonprofit organizations that can answer them or it can help you find  the advice that you need. Thank you.