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Information and Resources about the CLEAR Act


Fact Sheet: What the CLEAR Act Will Do

Action Alert: Help Stop the CLEAR Act
Talking Points: How the CLEAR Act threaten our safety and rights

Prepared by the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

¿Qué es el proyecto de ley CLEAR?

Acción Urgente: Ayude a derrotar el proyecto de ley CLEAR
¿Cómo amenaza CLEAR a nuestros derechos y seguridad?

Preparado por la Red Nacional Pro Derechos Inmigrantes y Refugiados

Sample Letters
(All files are in MS Word Format. If you don't have Microsoft Word, you can download a free MS Word viewer here.)

CLEAR Act model letter to Congress
(English)
Sample Letter from Organizations to Police (English)
Sample Letter from Police to Congress (English)

Carta modelo para organizaciones comunitarias envíen (Spanish)
Spanish CLEAR Act model letter to Congress (Spanish)
Spanish Model Letter from CBOs to Police to oppose CLEAR (Spanish)

General Resources and Information on Special Registration

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has fact sheets about special registration for immigrants from North Korea and Pakistan:
Koreans and Americans from North Korea (in Korean)-pdf file
Koreans and Americans from North Korea (in English)-pdf file
Pakistanis and Americans from Pakistan (in English)-pdf file

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Click here for an action alert outlining the requirements, deadlines, and precautions for immigrants under the special registration program (sponsored by the ACLU, National Immigration Project of the NLG, and others)

Send a free fax to Congress opposing the special registration program (ACLU)

Contact your Congressperson to support the suspension of funds to Special Registration (AAI)

The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers’ Guild’s website features alerts about registration, fact sheets, and know your rights kits for organizers and lawyers.


Resources and Information on Immigrant Rights Abuses after September 11

The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights’ resource page for immigrant rights violations and hate crimes post-September 11, with fact sheets, news articles, and other resources

NNIRR’s national list of resources and hotlines to report incidences of hate violence