Helping Families Prepare for ICE Encounters

Distributing red and green cards to potentially vulnerable people is the most fundamental step you can do to help people prepare for encounters with ICE.

• Red Cards: You can get them here. These cards have one side in English for a person to show to a federal agent.  The other side is in Spanish and gives critical advice on what to do.  Our experience is that these really work: ICE will look for someone else rather than have to fill out the paperwork when they don't respect peoples' rights.

• Green Cards: These cards have been developed in conjunction with collectives in Mexico who are trying to support refugees who have begun showing up recently, often with few resources.  Many of these refugees do not speak Spanish because they were brought to the US when very young.  Many are DACA or Dreamers, so while they are Mexican citizens, they have never lived in Mexico.  Cards are available in both English and Spanish and you should distribute both. Click here for more about these cards.  Note: these green cards have nothing to do with the green cards that allow visa holders to work in the US.

  • Camera ready Green Cards for professional printing:  English Side 1 Side 2  Spanish Side 1 Side 2.

  • Green Cards formatted for home printing: English Spanish

Who Should Get the Cards?

• Restaurant workers

• Landscapers

• Workers you see fueling their vehicles at the gas station

• Mechanics and tire shops

• Folks living in trailer parks

• Street vendors

• Students at ASU and community colleges (green cards especially)

• Teachers who are not US Citizens

• High school students in mixed-citizenship families

• Brown students over 15 years old that you see walking home from school

Where Can I Distribute Cards?

• Restaurants

• Public restrooms

• Community centers open to the public

• Community clinics open to people of any immigration status

• Churches (all flavors, not just yours!)

• Lunch trucks

• Parks