Immigration law and policy have changed quickly, and the people who support immigrant students and families often learn about those changes late. The Immigration Toolbox is designed to keep them current.
About the resource
The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is a national nonprofit that trains and supports legal service providers, educators, and community organizations. Its Immigration Toolbox is a monthly email that gathers ILRC’s latest Community Explainers, tools from partner organizations, and relevant immigration news. Signing up requires a name, an email address, and the name of an organization or school.
The Toolbox is part of ILRC’s Higher Education Technical Assistance Project with the California State University and California Community Colleges systems. A companion program connects students enrolled at those campuses with free, confidential immigration legal services, including help with filing fees for DACA renewals and naturalization. ILRC also publishes its widely used Red Cards, which summarize constitutional rights in 59 languages.
From: Immigrant Legal Resource Center
For: Legal service providers, educators, school staff, and immigrant communities
Format: Monthly email; explainers and videos on the ILRC site
Scope: National information; free legal services for California public college students
Where to start
- Subscribe to receive the monthly email.
- California public college students can use the program’s Find Your Ally links to reach a legal provider.
- Download ILRC Red Cards in the language you need.
The project asks how communities can sustain their values under new restrictions. Reliable, accessible information for the people who support immigrant students is part of that.