ANAR Rapid Response 2025 Reference Guide

We have compiled relevant information in English, Dari, and Pashto so that our community is aware of its rights and to empower each other. Please review the below resources to help protect yourself and your family. We will continue to update this document with additional resources and information. Please note that the situation is continuously evolving. This document is not meant to constitute legal advice and instead to serve as a reference guide to help orient you to helpful information and resources.

ANAR SHORT-FORM EXPLAINERS:

1. Travel Ban KYR
2. CBP ONE UPDATE, January 28, 2025
3. KYR (ICE/Police Visits) Poster Dari and Pashto, Jan 27, 2025
4. KYR BAMESA Muslim Advocates Collab
5. U.S. Refugee Admissions: Indefinite Suspension Cair Collab Jan 30, 2025
6. Parole Revocation Notices Apr 24, 2025
7. Emergency Preparedness Toolkit Website (in Dari and Pashto)
8. ANAR Travel KYR in English, Dari, Pashto

COMMUNITY-FACING EXPLAINERS OF EOs + POLICY CHANGES

1. USA Hello explainer, available in Dari and Pashto: https://usahello.org/2025-immigration-policies/
2. IRAP applicant-facing information, including new Information about Changes to US Policies By 2025 Trump Administration: https://support.iraplegalinfo.org/hc/en-us/sections/34219448470676--NEW-Information-about-Changes-to-US-Policies-By-2025-Trump-Administration
3. NIPNLG Community Explainer: https://nipnlg.org/work/resources/community-explainer-week-1-under-donald-trump-20

CRITICAL KYR MATERIALS

Interacting with ICE/other law enforcement agencies (applies to citizens and non-citizens)

4. ILRC red cards available for printing in Farsi and Pashto https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas 
5. MJF poster translated by ANAR to Dari and Pashto https://www.muslimsforjustfutures.org/blog/immigrationkyr social media link: https://www.instagram.com/projectanar/p/DFVttgePIY2/ 
6. KYR Videos from Catholic Charities in Dari and Pashto: https://catholiccharitiesdubuque.org/kyr 
7. Families for Freedom Detainee Safesheet and Workshop https://familiesforfreedom.org/resource/detainee-safe-sheet-webinar

TRAVEL-RELATED RESOURCES

• Additional Travel KYR resources to review to help you make decisions about travel:

• CLEAR Know Your Rights, Know Your Options for travel pamphlet
• Know Your Rights | Enforcement at the Airport | ACLU 

• Real IDs:

• Immigrants Rising: Real IDs, What to Know
• TSA (official government agency website) webpage about acceptable IDs

• Domestic travel

• Know Your Rights | Enforcement at the Airport | ACLU 
• Know Your Rights! Know Your Options! Flying While Muslim/Black/Immigrant - CLEAR
• Guide for Undocumented Individuals Traveling in the U.S. – Immigrants Rising, including traveling by trains and buses for undocumented individuals

• Devices

• AILA Electronic Device Searches at Ports of Entry
• CLEAR Know Your Rights, Know Your Options for travel pamphlet
• Many of the above resources also cover this

• Resources you can use to prepare + have with you while traveling:

• President’s Alliance: Fillable Travel Emergency Preparedness Doc
• EFF Border Searches include a pocket handbook with KYR information for individuals returning from international travel (note that this has not been recently updated)

• In case of questioning, or detention/arrest:

• NILC resource
• Law enforcement asks about my immigration status - ACLU
• I've been stopped by police or ICE - ACLU

• Finding legal support

• Immigration Advocates Directory
• CAIR Chapters

• Hotlines for reporting enforcement activity

• NNiRR Compilation of national, state, and local hotlines related to immigration

HOTLINES TO REPORT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

Immigration Rapid Response Networks are groups that provide legal support and advocacy to individuals facing immigration enforcement actions. Below you can find numbers to call for Rapid Response Networks in your area:

Rapid Response Network Hotlines across the US

HOW TO LOCATE SOMEONE IN DETENTION

Detainee Locator

• You will need a person’s Alien Number (“A Number”) and country of origin OR their First Name, Last Name, Country of Original, and Date of Birth.
• This link will provide you with the name and contact information of the detention center that someone is being held at as well as the Enforcement and Removal Office (ERO) that is associated with that detention facility, where you can get more information.

FOR INCIDENTS OR CONCERNS RELATED TO TRAVEL AS A MUSLIM, YOU MAY WISH TO CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CAIR CHAPTER

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has offices in cities across the country. If you would like to contact your local CAIR chapter, see below:

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND ATTACHMENTS