Politics & Government

Mayor Reaffirms 'Welcoming City For All,' Shares Immigrant Resources

In advance of Trump administration, guide outlines city's posture, & rights, legal services, public safety, family emergency planning info.

La guía y la información también se proporcionan en español, abajo.
Resource Guide outlines all the city resources, services, immigrant rights, city protections,  for immigrants and "commitment to being city that's welcoming for all."
La guía y la información también se proporcionan en español, abajo. Resource Guide outlines all the city resources, services, immigrant rights, city protections, for immigrants and "commitment to being city that's welcoming for all." (Ellyn Santiago/Patch)

NEW HAVEN, CT — Friday, Mayor Justin Elicker and other city officials and community leaders held a press conference "reaffirming New Haven’s commitment as a welcoming city for all and will highlight important resources and services available to New Haven’s immigrant community and newest residents."

"In advance of the new federal administration, the City of New Haven is releasing a Resource Guide for New Residents, which outlines the city’s posture as a welcoming city and includes information about a variety of government and nonprofit resources and services available to residents, spanning such topics as knowing your rights, legal services, public safety, family preparedness and emergency planning, schools and education, health and wellness, housing and shelter, among other critical services," a release from Mayor Justin Elicker's office reads.

The resource guide and other materials will be available on the city’s website here.

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From the Guide, 'Know Your Rights':

Everyone, both documented and undocumented people, are provided certain rights in this
country regardless of presidential administration.

Per the City of New Haven’s Welcoming City executive order, the New Haven Police
Department will not ask residents about their immigration status unless required by state of
federal law. However, if you are stopped by law enforcement, it is important to know your
rights while also complying with law enforcement officials and their lawful orders and
directives.

To this end, it is important to make sure everyone in your family (including children), friends,
neighbors, and co-workers know what their rights are if Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) or other officials come to your home, neighborhood, place of work, or other location. If
you are in the U.S. with or without lawful status, you have a constitutional right to due process
of law. This means that you cannot be deported without a legal procedure.

Furthermore, in Connecticut, the TRUST Act provides for certain guidelines and prohibitions for
how all Connecticut Law Enforcement should be interacting with ICE, including but not limited
to the following:

o Prohibiting state and local law enforcement from arresting or detaining someone with
an immigration detainer unless accompanied by a warrant issued and signed by a
judicial officer, or an individual has been convicted of a class A/B felony, or a possible
match in federal terrorist screening database

o Prohibiting state and local law enforcement from giving federal immigration authorities
access to interview someone in custody unless they have been convicted of a class A/B
felony, are a possible match in the federal terrorist screening database, or have been
ordered through a US District Court order to comply with an immigration officer’s
subpoena

o Limits the circumstances under which state and local law enforcement officers may
disclose an individual’s confidential information to a federal immigration authority

Conozca sus derechos

Todos, documentado o indocumentado, tienen ciertos derechos en este país,
independientemente de la administración presidencial.

De acuerdo con la orden ejecutiva de “la Ciudad Acogedora” de la Ciudad de New Haven, el
Departamento de Policía de New Haven no preguntará a los residentes sobre su estado
migratorio a menos que lo exija la ley estatal o federal. Sin embargo, es importante conocer sus
derechos y al mismo tiempo seguir la ley, órdenes y directivas legales.

Es importante asegurarse de que todos los miembros de su familia (incluyendo sus hijos),
amigos, vecinos y compañeros de trabajo sepan cuáles son sus derechos si el Servicio de
Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE o “la migra”) u otros funcionarios están en su casa,
vecindario, lugar de trabajo u otro lugar. Si se encuentra en los Estados Unidos con o sin estatus
legal, tiene el derecho constitucional al debido proceso legal. Esto significa que no puede ser
deportado sin un procedimiento legal.
Además, en Connecticut, la Ley TRUST (TRUST Act) establece ciertas pautas y prohibiciones
sobre cómo todas las fuerzas del orden de Connecticut deben interactuar con ICE, incluidas,
entre otras, las siguientes:

o Prohibir que las fuerzas del orden público estatales y locales arresten o detengan a
alguien con una orden de detención de inmigración a menos que esté acompañado de
una orden emitida y firmada por un funcionario judicial, o que una persona haya sido
condenada por un delito grave de clase A / B, o una posible coincidencia en la base de
datos federal de detección de terroristas

o Prohibir que las fuerzas del orden estatales y locales den acceso a las autoridades
federales de inmigración para entrevistar a alguien bajo custodia a menos que haya sido
condenado por un delito grave de clase A / B, sea una posible coincidencia en la base de
datos federal de detección de terroristas o se le haya ordenado a través de una orden
del Tribunal de Distrito de EE. UU. cumplir con la citación de un oficial de inmigración

o Limita las circunstancias bajo las cuales los agentes del orden público estatales y locales
pueden divulgar la información confidencial de una persona a una autoridad fe



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