NYCLU Know Your Rights Resources to Protect New Yorkers Targeted by Trump 

The KYRs provide support for immigrants, transgender people, protestors, students, and more

NEW YORK, NY – Today, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) released updated Know Your Rights resources to help New Yorkers protect themselves against the Trump administration’s sweeping, relentless attacks on immigrants, transgender people, political protesters, students, and others.  

“All New Yorkers have basic, inalienable rights under the U.S. Constitution and New York state law,” said Donna Lieberman, Executive Director of the NYCLU. “These resources will help New Yorkers understand what those rights are, how to exercise them, and what to do if their rights are violated. New Yorkers need every resource possible to be safe as they go about their lives and mobilize to stand up for their rights.” 

Know Your Rights materials cover the following areas: 

Immigrants’ rights 

• What to do if you’re stopped by immigration officers (also translated into Spanish, Arabic, and in video format) 

• You have the right to film ICE (also translated into Spanish) 

• Immigrant Students’ Rights in New York (also translated into Spanish)

Protest & free speech rights 

• Your Rights to Protesting in New York 

• Your Rights to Free Speech in Public Schools 

• Doxxing: How to Stay Safe and Protect Yourself
   

Abortion care 

• Your Rights to Abortion Care in New York
   

LGBTQ+ rights 

• Your Rights in NY after Trump’s Anti-Trans Executive Orders 

• Changing Your Name or Gender Marker 

• The Rights of Trans People Who are Incarcerated 

• Your Rights as an LGBTQ Student 

• Your Rights as a Transgender, Gender-Nonconforming, Nonbinary, or Intersex Student 

• Youth Rights to Sexual Health Care Services in New York 

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