Know Your Rights Toolkits

The New York Immigration Coalition has put out a Know Your Rights toolkit. The toolkit is available in Chinese Toolkit Spanish Toolkit English Toolkit In addition, CUNY’s Law School offers clinics to assist immigrants and non-citizens. Also take a look at CUNY CLEAR (Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility) project which offers help with legal representation and consultation.

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Immigration Research Centers

There are no hard and fast lines for what a “research center” is or how it differs from our “datasets and data” page (since many datasets are actually housed at research centers. Nevertheless, we tried to add a little organization here. In addition to these centers, there are many resources that are based at various CUNY campuses. Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS)(UCSD) Centre for European Migration and Ethnic Studies (CEMES) Centre for European Refugees, Migration, and Ethnic Studies (CERMES) Center for Inter-American and Border Studies (University of Texas) Center for International Human Rights (Northwestern University) Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (NYU …

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CUNY Immigration Resources

There are a number of CUNY-wide initiatives and resources on immigration. Below are only some places to start. CUNY-wide Initiatives CUNY Citizenship Now! CUNY Immigration Policy Changes Information These resources are intended for CUNY students, faculty, and staff with questions and concerns about recent changes in federal policies around immigration. CUNY Law Immigrant Initiatives (CLII) Immigration Research Initiative CCNY CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (CUNY DSI) GC-CUNY Center for Urban Research CUNY Data Service CUNY Mapping Service New York City Labor Market Information Service Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Center for Latin American, Caribbean, …

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