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UPDATES ON TRUMP EXECUTIVE ACTIONS/ORDERS HERE AND ON THE BLOG
General Information
- How to Get Documents
- Nonimmigrant Visas
- Permanent Residence
- Enforcement and Prosecutorial Discretion
- Know Your Rights and Family Safety Plans
- DACA and Expanded DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)
- DAPA (Deferred Action for Parent Accountability)
- Tips for Do-it-Yourselfers
HOW TO GET DOCUMENTS
US Passports and Consular Report of Birth Abroad
Birth, Marriage, Death and Divorce Records
- US Birth, Marriage, Death and Divorce Certificates (or check with the Registrar of your local county or state)(Note: Divorce or marriage dissolution decrees, custody orders, etc. must be obtained from the clerk of the court where the divorce took place.)
- Foreign Documents (Select a country and scroll down past the Reciprocity Table to the Documents section.)
- Secondary Evidence
Tax and Social Security Records
Selective Service & Military Records
- Register for the Selective Service
- Verify Prior Registration
- Who Must Register
- Military Verification Records Requests (DD-214)
Criminal Court Records & Background Checks
Medical Exam Information
Genealogy Records
NONIMMIGRANT VISAS
PERMANENT RESIDENCE
- List of Permanent Residence Categories
- Visa Bulletin (Monthly Quota Report from the US State Department)
ENFORCEMENT & PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AND FAMILY SAFETY PLANS
- Family Safety Plans and Information
- Plan de proteccíon familiar
- Youth Safety Plan Documents
- Know Your Rights;
- Usted tiene derechos
- Worksite Raids – Protect Yourself
- Above documents in other languages – See: Northwest Immigrants Rights Project, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, ACLU
- TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: (See also our Executive Action Resource Page)
- Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements 1/25/17
- AILA Summary of DHS Memo Implementing Executive Order on Border Security 2/20/17
- DHS Border Security Enforcement Memo Implementing Executive Order 2/20/17
- AILA Summary of Executive Order on Border Security 1/25/17
- Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States 1/25/17
- AILA Summary of DHS Memo Implementing Executive Order on Interior Enforcement 2/20/17
- DHS Memo Implementing Executive Order on Interior Enforcement – replaces all memos from Obama Administration below except those dealing with DACA. (Unclear about military parole in place, military deferred action, entrepreneur parole and more.)
- AILA Summary of Executive Order on Interior Enforcement 1/25/17
- OBAMA ADMINISTRATION:
- ICE General Memo on Prosecutorial Discretion
- ICE Memo on Victims and Plaintiffs (pdf)
- USCIS Memo on Prosecutorial Discretion and Issuance of Notices to Appear (pdf)
- DHS/EOIR Memo on Case Review (pdf)
- July 23, 2012 EOIR Memo on Case Review for Prosecutorial Discretion
- Check Immigration Court Case Status
- Guide for Detained Immigrants Una Gía Al Centro de Detención.
DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS (DACA)
- Expanded DACA – ON HOLD FOR LITIGATION!
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
- Washington State Real Hope Act regarding higher education opportunities
