"Be calm ... You do not have to say anything to somebody who comes up to you."
Professor Bill Ong Hing on what to do if you are approached by ICE PLUS get your (free) Know-Your-Rights stickers at the end of this post
This week, we share a recent conversation with Bill Ong Hing, Professor of Law and Migration Studies at the University of San Francisco, and Professor of Law and Asian American Studies Emeritus, at UC Davis.
From the need to stay calm, to accessing rapid response hotlines, Professor Hing’s guidance is a must-watch for individuals who are currently undocumented or in mixed-status households. Rather than offer snippets, we are offering the entire conversation with Professor Hing below.
Some of the key resources that Professor Hing mentions include:
(Note: we are compiling additional resources for the undocumented community - please share helpful links in the comments below.)
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We are especially grateful to Bill Ong Hing for his time this week. If his name is familiar, it might be because we spoke with him over the summer about his recent book, Humanizing Immigration: How to Transform Our Racist and Unjust System. If you would like to read our previous conversation with him, you can find it here:
We plan to talk with Professor Hing in the future. If you have specific questions you’d like us to ask, please let us know.
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We’ll see you next week.