Immigration Preparedness Information

• Talk with family members and trusted friends about how you would want your family and financial matters handled in the event you were detained or deported. Together with your family members, create and write a plan for what to do in the event of an emergency, including detention and deportation.
• Talk with your children about roles and responsibilities in the case of an emergency.
• Talk to an attorney about executing Power of Attorney documents, which give a trusted relative or friend the legal authority to make family or financial decisions on your behalf in certain circumstances (such as if you are detained).
• Get current passports for all family members.

Non-U.S. citizens should contact their home country’s consulate to get passports. U.S. citizens can apply for passports at their local U.S. Post Office.

• The child’s school emergency contact information
• The child’s immunization records
• Intention of Parents for Care for Minor Child (Must be notarized)
• Temporary Parental Consent Agreement (Must be notarized)
• The child’s birth certificate (whether it is from US or another country)
• The child’s social security card
• The child’s passport

• United States Citizenship and Immigration Services: Processes and examines citizenship, residency, and asylum requests from aliens.
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Law enforcement agency that enforces U.S. laws along its international borders (air, land, and sea) including its enforcement of U.S. immigration, customs, and agriculture laws while at and patrolling between all U.S. ports-of-entry.
• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Law enforcement agency divided into two bureaus:

1. An agency that investigates violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act and enforces the detention, deportation and removal of violators of United States immigration law (Enforcement and Removal Operations).
2. An agency that enforces U.S. laws while it investigates and gathers intelligence on national and international criminal activities that threaten the security of the homeland (Homeland Security Investigations).

1. Recognize if there is the threat.
2. Stay calm and do not run.
3. Remove yourself from the situation if possible.
4. If questioned – know your rights.
5. Be cautious with reporting and alerting others – if you can take photos or video from afar to keep for record.

Legal services are available at the Student Legal Services (SLS) office, located on the UW- Seattle campus a program of the Husky Union Building within the Office of the Vice Provost of Student Life. The SLS office provides students with confidential legal advice and representation of its students. Students are offered a 40 minute consultation for free. They also receive unlimited free consultations as long as the issues are unrelated. If students need ongoing representation, SLS will charge additional costs. The issues that SLS represents will vary.
http://depts.washington.edu/slsuw/

Legal Service Office Hours:
Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm
Phone: 206.543.6486
Email:  slsuw@uw.edu

The Immigration Law Clinic at the University of Washington School of Law is operated in partnership with the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), the state’s primary provider of immigration legal services to low-income immigrants and refugees. The clinic consists of eight students and a supervising attorney/instructor who work on cases for individuals who would otherwise lack legal representation. NWIRP screens and refers clients to the Immigration Law Clinic.

https://www.law.washington.edu/clinics/immigration/

• University of Washington School of Law
  Clinical Law Program
  William H. Gates Hall, Suite 265
  P. O. Box 85110
  Seattle, WA 98145-1110Phone: 206-543-3434
  Email: clinics@uw.edu