KNOW YOUR RIGHTS-ACLU Booklet

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WHEN ENCOUNTERING LAW ENFORCEMENT

You should contact an attorney if you have been arrested or believe that your rights have been violated.

REFERRAL CONTACT INFORMATION

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC): (202) 244-2990 http://www.adc.org/

American Immigration Law Foundation (AILF): (202) 742-5600 http://www.ailf.org/

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA): (800) 954-0254 http://www.aila.org/

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF): (212) 966-5932 https://www.aaldef.org/

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR): (202) 488-8787 http://www.cair.com/

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF): (213) 629-2512 http://www.maldef.org/

National Lawyers Guild (NLG): (212) 679-5100 http://www.nlg.org/

National Immigration Law Center (NILC): (213) 639-3900 http://www.nilc.org/

NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (NAACP LDF): (212) 965-2200 http://www.naacpldf.org/

National Immigration Project: (617) 227-9727 http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/

Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF): (800) 328-2322 http://www.prldef.org/

South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow (SAALT): (310) 270-1855 http://www.saalt.org/

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (UCCR): (800) 552-6843 http://www.usccr.gov/


PUBLISHED BY: The ACLU Racial Justice Program, ACLU National Security Project, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, and the ACLU of Southern California. 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004-2400 www.aclu.org

THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION is the nation’s premier guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution and the laws of the United States.