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Encounters with Police
What to Do if You Are Arrested or Detained by Immigration Officials
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This pamphlet describes what you should do if you are arrested or detained by immigration officials.
By: National Immigration Law Center
What to Do If You?re Stopped by the Police, the FBI, the INS or the Customs Service
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This brochure provides detailed information about what to do to protect your rights if you are stopped by the police, the FBI, The INS or the Customs Service.
By: American Civil Liberties Union
Your Rights Upon Arrest
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Lawline FAQ: Once you have been arrested, you have the right to remain silent. That means you do not have to answer any questions or make any statements to the police or to anyone. Although you may wish to make a statement at a later time, do not make this decision without talking to a lawyer.
By: South Carolina Bar Association
ACLU Criminal Justice Information
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Use the resources on this American Civil Liberties Union web page to learn more and take action to protect the rights guaranteed to all Americans by the Bill of Rights.
By: American Civil Liberties Union
Answers to Common Questions - How Do I . . .
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The Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services has created a series of documents that they call "How Do I ??s" These documents cover a wide variety of topics on immigration matters and are meant to assist you in finding the information you need about a particular immigration and asylum subject. Each How Do I ?? starts with background information on the chosen topic, and then helps answer your questions about INS procedures. Each How Do I ?? links you to information on the INS Website and, sometimes, to relevant information on other U.S. Government Websites. These links go to the relevant sections of immigration law and federal regulations, to instructions on applying for immigration benefits, the correct form and fee, and so on.
By: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Asylum Based on Sexual Orientation: A Resource Guide
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From this web site you may purchase over 500 pages of articles, decisions and a bibliography makes this guide the most useful set of resources for asylum claims based on sexual orientation in North America. Produced by LAMBDA with the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission.
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
Combat Modern-Day Slavery: Worker Trafficking
The recently enacted Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 established important new tools and resources to combat trafficking and to provide vital assistance to its victims. An Internet link to the new legislation can be found at www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/tpwetf.htm. The law creates new felony criminal offenses to address slavery and peonage; sex trafficking in children; and the unlawful confiscation of a victim's passport or other identification documents. It creates a new "forced labor" felony that will provide federal law enforcement with the ability to prosecute the sophisticated forms of nonphysical coercion that traffickers use today to exploit their victims. And it requires traffickers to pay full restitution to victims and to forfeit their assets if convicted.
By: US Department of Justice
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Fact Sheet: Human Trafficking
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Human trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery. Victims of human trafficking are subjected to force, fraud, or coercion, for the purpose of sexual exploitation or forced labor. Victims are young children, teenagers, men and women. After drug dealing, human trafficking is tied with the illegal arms industry as the second largest criminal industry in the world today, and it is the fastest growing.
By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Getting Arrested and the Law
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Arrests, warrants, searches, bail, and your rights and responsibilities. PDF document (may load slowly).
By: South Carolina Bar Association
How Can An Immigration Lawyer Help You?
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If you or a family member is interested in living in the United States, you may need someone who can help you understand U.S. immigration laws and who can help you apply for legal status. This page will help you decide if you need an immigration lawyer and what you need to know to choose a qualified lawyer or authorized representative. Lawyers will tell you what to expect up front. They will warn you of the risks and possibilities that can reasonably be expected.
By: American Immigration Lawyers Association
Imports
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These web pages contain information, regulations and forms relating to importing goods to the U.S. from other countries.
By: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Sex Trafficking
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Sex trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act is under the age of 18 years. Enactment of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) made sex trafficking a serious violation of Federal law. The TVPA also recognizes labor trafficking, which is discussed in a separate fact sheet.
By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Victim Assistance for Human Trafficking
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Human trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery. Human trafficking is tied with arms as the second largest criminal industry in the world today ? after drug dealing ? and is the fastest growing. Victims of human trafficking in the U.S. who are non-U.S. citizens are eligible to receive a special visa and other benefits and services through the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA). Victims who are U.S. citizens may already be eligible to receive many of these benefits. These benefits and services include access to social service programs and immigration assistance needed to help victims safely and securely rebuild their lives in the United States.
By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
ACLU Criminal Justice Information
(Separate Website)
Use the resources on this American Civil Liberties Union web page to learn more and take action to protect the rights guaranteed to all Americans by the Bill of Rights.
By: American Civil Liberties Union
Getting Arrested and the Law
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Arrests, warrants, searches, bail, and your rights and responsibilities. PDF document (may load slowly).
By: South Carolina Bar Association
Standing Up for Victims, Communities and Taxpayers
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The South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services is committed to providing motivated offenders with the opportunity to succeed - but only in the framework of public safety. We work to make offenders taxpayers rather than tax burdens and focus extensively on preserving the rights of victims and restoring their quality of life.
By: SC Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services
ACLU Criminal Justice Information
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Use the resources on this American Civil Liberties Union web page to learn more and take action to protect the rights guaranteed to all Americans by the Bill of Rights.
By: American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU Death Penalty Information
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The death penalty is the greatest denial of civil liberties. Read about why the ACLU is working towards a moratorium and how you can help. Topics include: (1) Innocent people are being sentenced to death, (2) Almost all people on death row could not afford to hire an attorney, (3) Race often plays a role in determining a capital sentence, (4) Where a death sentence is sought often determines whether a defendant is sentenced to death more than the circumstances of the crime, (5) Juvenile offenders (16 and 17 years old) are sentenced to death and executed in the U.S. even though kids are not given the same responsibilities of adults.
By: American Civil Liberties Union
Ending the Abusive Treatment of Prisoners
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These pages of the Human Rights Watch web site provide information on prison conditions, prison abuses, human rights protections for prisoners, and related issues: 1) What human rights violations are commonly inflicted on prisoners? 2) What human rights protections cover prisoners? 3) What is the United Nations doing about abuses against prisoners? 4) What other groups are working to protect prisoners from abuse? 5) Prison information arranged by region and by issue. 6) Human Rights Watch prison reports.
By: Human Rights Watch
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
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Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, Adopted on 12 August 1949 by the Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War, held in Geneva from 21 April to 12 August 1949, Entry into force: 21 October 1950
By: United Nations
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