Resources
The administration has detained 400,000 immigrants: What do we know about their children?
Maria Cancian, Nissi Cantu, Lanikque Howard, and Tara WatsonMay 18, 2026
LEGAL + RAPID RESPONSE
Legal Aid
SoCal Rapid Response Networks
Court Guides
In the event of an emergency
or if you witness a crime in progress,
call 911 immediately
ADVOCACY
Activist Checklist
Know Your Rights
Know Your Rights (Digital Apps)
Immigration System Updates
Locating Someone Who has Been Detained
Info About Healthcare
USC Immigration Hearing Support Hotline
805 Movement Chaplains
ALLYSHIP
Freedom Trainers
Episcopal Migration Ministries
Offering Sanctuary
Policy and Legal Information
Community-Building
Advocacy Actions
Reflections on Faith and Action
Clue Justice Letter requesting Bill Essayli’s resignation
LEGAL + RAPID RESPONSE
Legal Aid
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: 213-833-8283
Mon-Fri 9am-4pm Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights CHIRLA: 213-353-1333
SoCal Rapid Response Networks
Central Valley: 559-206-0151
Kern County: 661-432-2230
Los Angeles Rapid Response Network: 888-624-4752
Long Beach ÓRALE: 562-245-9575
Riverside & San Bernardino Hotline: 909-361-4588
Orange County Rapid Response Network: 714-881-1558
Boyle Heights/East Los Angeles: 323-805-1049
Santa Barbara, Ventura & San Luis Obispo: 805-870-8855
Court Guides
A Guide to Changing Your Immigration Court Hearing from In-Person to Online
Una Guía para Cambiar Su Audencia En La Corte De Inmigración De Presencial a En Línea
(June 2025)CHIRL
ADVOCACY
Resources for those facing deportation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement.
Activist Checklist
Know Your Rights
Immigrants Are LA
National Immigration Law Center
Immigrant Defense Project
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
ACLU
Know Your Rights (Digital Apps)
Know Your Rights Camp—KYRC App, comprehensive: English/Spanish
Know Your Rights — NAKASEC App, English/Korean
ConsulApp Contigo— App for Mexican nationals
Immigration System Updates
American Immigration Council
USA HELLO
Understanding Changes to Immigration Policy (updated May 28, 2026)
DACA Updates (updated May 1, 2026)
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) & Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) Updates
National Immigration Project (June 2025)
Locating Someone Who has Been Detained
Locate someone being detained by ICE for immigration violation or deportation
Find an immigration detention facility
Check an immigration court case status
Info About Healthcare
National Immigration Law Center
Immigration Hearing Support Hotline
A group of students, alumni and volunteers from the University of Southern California are banding together to help people with upcoming immigration-related court hearings. Olu Orange, assistant professor of political science and international relations and founder of the USC Dornsife Agents of Change: Civil Rights Advocacy Initiative, files motions to have court hearings moved online, which prevents defendants from being seized by federal agents when they show up for court in person.
888-462-5211, English/Spanish
805 Movement Chaplains
805 Movement Chaplains are trained practitioners of care in Ventura County, CA offer grounded, trauma-aware spiritual and emotional accompaniment in movement spaces, such as vigils, direct actions, organizing meetings, and moments of crisis.
ALLYSHIP
Resources for those standing in solidarity, in support, and in between those in danger of oppression.
Freedom Trainers
Collective Noncooperation · Nonviolent Resistance
When we refuse to comply, authoritarians fall. We train people in the proven tools of collective noncooperation — the same strategies that have toppled authoritarian regimes around the world.
Episcopal Migration Ministries
Offering Sanctuary
Clergy Emergency League Webinaron Immigrations, Congregations, and Ministry in 2025
Policy and Legal Information
Protocols for Staff and Volunteers Engaged in Mission and Ministry
Guidelines for church staff and volunteers (from the Rev. Minna Bothwell (ELCA) serving at Capitol Hill Lutheran Church in Des Moines, Iowa
National Immigration Law Center
Episcopal Church Legal Advocacy: Information about religious freedom lawsuit challenging ICE enforcement in churches
Community-Building
One Anothering – The Colossian Forum: Guide to hosting an 8-week program to cultivate relationships across political divides
Make Me an Instrument of Peace: A Guide to Civil Discourse
ACLU.org
Template for Campus Safe Zone Resolution (K-12)
Advocacy Actions
Episcopal Office of Government Relations
The Postcard Project, Engaging In Slow Advocacy
By Katelyn Kenney & Alan Yarborough
Immigrant Legal Resource
Reflections on Faith and Action
Civil Disobedience as Prayer
by Jim Douglass (Annotated by Frank Alton)Sanctuary and Sacred Resistance in the Diocese of Los Angeles: A Theopolitical Reflection from a Priest-Organizer
The Rev. Francisco Garcia*Songs of the Civil Rights Movement
NPR Music, By Nick Morrison
Clue Justice Letter requesting Bill Essayli’s resignation
Check out our easy guide to taking action as a part of Sacred Resistance. There are a wide range of opportunities for communities and individuals to get involved, from donating, to attending conferences to volunteering or starting your own chapter!