With confirmed ICE activity across Nevada, including cancelation of Immigrant Lobby Day over safety concerns, immigrant families are facing real fear.

LEAN urges Lutheran congregations across Nevada to stand with our immigrant neighbors by know your rights about sensitive locations like churches, schools, courthouses, and hospitals, recognize that ICE agents may operate in plainclothes or unmarked vehicles, encourage family preparedness plans in case of detention or deportation, and offering support and sanctuary whenever possible

As people of faith, we are called to love our neighbor and protect the vulnerable. Together, we can ensure our congregations are places of safety, dignity, and refuge.

If ICE comes to your home, you have the right to:

• See a warrant BEFORE you open the door. You have the right to refuse to allow ICE or police to enter your home unless the officers show a court warrant signed by a judicial officer (usually a judge).

• A warrant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is never enough! You have the right to ask ICE to slide the warrant under the door so you can inspect it. You do not have to open the door until they do. If it is an arrest warrant, it must be signed by a judicial officer and have your name on it. If it is a search warrant, it must be signed by a judicial officer and have the exact address of your home. If you open the door to ICE without a court warrant, this may be seen as giving “consent” to have your home entered and searched.

• Remain silent. Present the Rights Card at the end of this booklet to officers. If you talk about your immigration status, your country of origin or how you got to the U.S., this information could be used against you.

NOTE: ICE agents can and do lie in order to gain entrance to your home.

“Am I free to go?” is the first line to ask during ICE encounters.

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