Worried About ICE? Hoboken To Run 'Know Your Rights' Seminar About Immigration Rights

HOBOKEN, NJ — Can U.S. immigration officials detain you if you can't present proof of citizenship on the spot? What if you have a green card? Or if you're not a citizen but your child is?

Worries have grown in immigrant communities and among tourists, in light of recent cases in which a Canadian citizen, a British tourist, and a Columbia student with a green card were detained by U.S. immigration officials.

In Hudson County, 16 people were arrested at a North Bergen warehouse on Feb. 26 after Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officials performed an "unannounced inspection" of a warehouse in North Bergen, seeking workers who were in the country illegally. The raid was meant to "ensure individuals working in government-regulated facilities were lawfully present and permitted to work in the United States," the agency said in a release.

On Thursday afternoon, Hoboken will hold a free seminar, the "Know Your Rights Seminar on Immigration Law."

The city of Hoboken, the Hoboken Public Library, and the Immigration and American Citizenship Organization will host the program.

It will take place in the large programming room of the Hoboken Public Library at 500 Park Ave. from 1-3 p.m.

City officials said, "The workshop is for immigrants and their families who are seeking to understand their legal rights. A lawyer will be present to help answer questions and offer general advice."

The event is free.

Find out more about it here and find out more about the immigration organization and its workshops here.