Civil Rights & Civil Liberties

Special Registration  |  State & Local Enforcement of Immigration Law  |  Confidentiality & Information Sharing  |  Federal Immigration Enforcement  |  More Topics Special Registration The Special Call-In Registration Program required men and boys from 25 prediminantly Arab, Muslim and South Asian Countries to register with INS. More than 83,000 individuals appeared at INS to register, where they were fingerprinted, photographed and interrogated. More than 13,000 were placed in deportation proceedings. None were charged with a terrorism-related offense. Although the call-in program was suspended in December 2003, thousands still face imminent deportation. > The Special Registration Project > Special Registration Statistical Report > Letter to Chief Immigration Judge Creppy > Notice of Termination of Re-Registration Requirements <back to top > State & Local Enforcement of Immigration Law State and local police should focus their energy on protecting our neighborhoods from criminals, not enforcing federal immigration law. If state and local police start acting as immigration agents, scarce law enforcement resources will be diverted, immigrant crime victims and witnesses will be afraid to report criminal activity and incidents of racial profiling will increase dramatically. > NYPD’s Policy of Making Immigration Arrests Undermines the Trust and Cooperation of New York’s Immigrant Communities > CLEAR Act Talking Points <back to top > Confidentiality & Information Sharing It is necessary for the safety of all New Yorkers that immigrants seeking essential government services such as health care, social services and police protection are able to do so without the fear that their immigration status will be disclosed. The City's existing confidentiality policy should be defended and strengthened, and similar confidentiality protections should be established state-wide. > NYC's Executive Order 41 > Reporting Form for Violations of EO41 <back to top > Federal Immigration Enforcement The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced several immigration enforcement measures and has plans for many more in the months and years ahead. As stated in "Operation Endgame," the DHS's strategic enforcement plan, the agency seeks to increase the government's ability to remove from the United States immigrants found to be deportable. > ICE Endgame Detention and Removal 10-Year Strategic Plan <back to top > Press Releases > Joint Statement on Hate Attack Against Ecuadorian Brothers in Bushwick, Brooklyn > On the Hate Killing of Ecuadorian Immigrant Marcelo Lucero in Suffolk County, New York > Statement on Verdict in Sean Bell Case > Immigrant Groups Outraged by REAL ID's Attack on Immigrants more Testimonies > Testimonies Before Representative Charles Rangel > Testimony Before City Council Regarding Access to Essential City Services Without Fear of Disclosure of Confidential Information > Testimony Before The U.S. Commission On Civil Rights Regarding Special Call-In Registration > Testimony before the New York City Council on Local Enforcement of Immigration Law more Advocacy Letters > Letter to Mayor Bloomberg Regarding EO41 > Letter to Senator Schumer Regarding the REAL ID Act > Memo Regarding NYPD Arrests of Immigrants Based on Federal Immigration Violations > Letter in Response to NYPD Commissioner Kelly Regarding Immigration Arrests By NYPD more Reports > Special Registration Statistical Report > BLURRING THE LINES: A Profile of State and Local Police Enforcement of Immigration Law Using the National Crime Information Center Database, 2002–2004 more ISSUE AREAS   Civic & Voter Participation   Education   English Language Literacy   Health Access   Housing   Immigration Law   Civil Rights & Liberties   Language Access   Public Benefits   Workers' Issues   Driver's Licenses   Disaster Relief   City & State Budget

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