What Immigrants Families Should Know 

    Talk to an immigration attorney immediately.                                                                               

• If you have a green card, find out if you can become a U.S. citizen.
• If you are here on a visa, find out if you can get a green card.
• If you do not have immigration status, find out if you may be eligible to get a visa or work permit.

• Make a child care and family preparedness plan

• Make sure all information and emergency contacts are up to date at your children’s school(s) including who can and cannot pick up your children.
• Complete a caregiver’s authorization affidavit so another adult can care for your children temporarily (available in California).
• Designate and document someone you trust with Power of Attorney to make financial, legal, or child care decisions in your absence.
• Register you child’s birth with your country’s government if your child was born in the U.S.

  Figure out which documents you should and should not carry with you

• At all times, carry with you the telephone number of an immigration lawyer, advocate or nonprofit immigration legal services provider you will call in an emergency.
• If you have a valid work permit or green card, carry it with you at all time. If you do not have one, generally it is advisable to carry a municipal ID, state ID or driver’s licence if it was issued in the U.S and contains no information at all about your immigration status or your country of origin.
• Do not carry any documentation of your country of origin.
• Do not carry any false identity documents or false immigration documents.