Information on this page is taken in part from NYU and Georgetown.  AUSG will continue to update this page as we get more information from American University's administration regarding DACA and other programs and funding. 

For President Kerwin's February 10, 2017 statement of support for undocumented students, click here.

For American University's limited information for undocumented students regarding financial aid & admission, click here.

For information for undocumented students who are considering transferring to American University, click here.

For guide from the Chicago Public Schools on how to apply to college and for financial aid and scholarships as an undocumented student, click here.

Undocumented students are eligible for all merit aid offered through the American University admissions process, including the scholarships every incoming student is considered for automatically, ranging from $6,000 to $20,000.  Also, additional scholarship funds are offered to students, including those who are undocumented, who qualify for admission to the University Honors Program (an additional $10,000) and the Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholars Program (full tuition, room, and board). Separate applications are required for these programs.  

Analysis of Recent Executive Orders

For analysis of the recent Executive Orders (full text postings of the orders themselves will be available here), please visit these resources:

American Immigration Lawyers Association Summary and Analysis of the Muslim/Refugee Ban Executive Order

Penn State/Muslim Advocates Advisory of the Muslim/Refugee Ban

Muslim Advocates Advisory on the Muslim Ban

National Immigrant Justice Center's Annotated Version of the Border Enforcement Executive Order

National Immigrant Justice Center's Annotated Version of the Interior Enforcement Executive Order

For legal help through AU: 202-885-3350 or isss@american.edu

Hotlines

Hate Crimes/Bias Hotlines

• DC Hate/Bias Crime Hotline – Students/residents who have experienced a bias or hate crime are encouraged to call the Metropolitan Police Department's hate crime coordinator at (202) 727-0500.

Immigration Legal Referral Hotlines

• Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition

  CAIR Coalition brings together community groups, pro bono attorneys, volunteers and immigrants from the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland working to ensure that all immigrants are treated with fairness, dignity and respect for their human and civil rights.

  202-899-1415

• Central American Resource Center (CARECEN-DC)

  The Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) is a community based organization that seeks to foster the comprehensive development of the Latino community in the Washington metropolitan region. CARECEN was founded in 1981 to protect the rights of refugees arriving from conflict in Central America and to help ease their transition by providing legal services. Today our programs provide direct services in immigration, housing and citizenship while also promoting empowerment, civil rights advocacy and civic training for Latinos. 

  202-328-9799

Interactive Online Resources

• Immi – a free online screening tool that provides legal information and referrals to nonprofit legal services organizations (by Immigration Advocates Network and Probono.net)
• MigraMap – an online form for reporting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Raids

Know Your Rights Resources and Written Guides

• Anti-Deportations Toolkit – Resources to organize public campaigns to stop individual deportations (by #Not1More)
• Are you worried that you or your family is at risk of a home raid by ICE? Be prepared! – 2 page flyer with action plan (by Make the Road NY)
• Arrestos de Inmigración en Nuestra Comunidad: Lo Que Necesitas Saber Para Proteger Tus Derechos – folleto de 11 paginas (por Immigrant Defense Project)
• Authorization for Release of Health Information Pursuant to HIPAA (courtesy of Immigrant Defense Project)
• Autorización Para la Revelación de la Información de Salud Conforme con la Ley de HIPAA (cortesía de Immigrant Defense Project)
• Combating Immigration Provider Fraud: A Training Guide (by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
• DAPA (Deferred Action for Parents of Americans) Scams Flyer  [Spanish] [French]
• Ejemplo de Carta Notariada de Designación de Custodia (cortesía de Women’s Refugee Commission)
• Entérate De Tus Derechos – volante de dos páginas (por Immigrant Defense Project)
• Immigration Arrests in the Community: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Rights – 11 page booklet (by Immigrant Defense Project)
• Know Your Rights: Discrimination Against Immigrants & Muslims (by the ACLU)
• Know Your Rights – including a “rights card” (by National Immigration Law Center)
• Know Your Rights – including resources for relatives of detained individuals (by Families for Freedom)
• Know Your Rights, Charitable Giving (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)
• Know Your Rights, Flying While Muslim (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)
• Know Your Rights! Protect Yourself Against Immigration Raids – deportation defense cards (by United We Dream)
• Know Your Rights: What To Do If You’re Stopped by Police, Immigration Agents or the FBI (by the ACLU)
• Know Your Rights with ICE – 2 page flyer (by Immigrant Defense Project)
• ¿Le preocupa que usted o su familia estén en riesgo de una redada domiciliaria de ICE? ¡Prepárese! – volante de 2 páginas con plan de acción (por Make the Road NY)
• Palm Card: What to Do If You're Stopped by the Police - English and Spanish (by the New York Civil Liberties Union)
• Poster for documenting a home raid – 11” x 17” (by Immigrant Defense Project)
• Poster para documentar redadas domiciliarias - 11” x 17” (por Immigrant Defense Project)
• Sample Power of Attorney Form (courtesy of the Women’s Refugee Commission)
• Street Safety for Trans and Non-Conforming Youth (by Street Wise and Safe in collaboration with the Center for Urban Pedagogy)

Post-Election Updates and Advisories

• Advising immigrant clients after the 2016 presidential election: FAQs for criminal defense attorneys (by Immigrant Defense Project)
• Immigrant Concerns Under the Trump Administration (by Legal Aid Society)
• Post-Election Talking Points and Resources (by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
• Preocupaciones Sobre Inmigración Bajo la Administración de Trump (by Legal Aid Society)
• 5 Important Things You Need To Know About DACA during a Trump Presidency (by United We Dream)

Resources for Children/Youth

Asylum for Children/Youth

• Asylum for Children (by the National Immigrant Justice Center – A Heartland Alliance Program)
• Asylum and Related Relief – Chapter 5 of Representing Unaccompanied Children: Training Manual for KIND Pro Bono Attorneys (by KIND: Kids in Need of Defense)
• Children’s Asylum Guidelines (by the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies at UC Hastings)
• What is Asylum?  Including case law, country conditions and training materials (by the Safe Passage Project)

Deferred Action for Childhoon Arrivals (DACA)

DACA was rescinded by the Trump administration on Tuesday, September 5. 

• 5 Important Things You Need To Know About DACA during a Trump Presidency (by United We Dream)
• Dreamer Intake Service (DIS): An online immigration screening tool for undocumented young people (by Educators for Fair Consideration)

LGBTQ Youth

• Queer Detainee Empowerment Project (see brochure here)
• Street Safety for Trans and Non-Conforming Youth (by Street Wise and Safe in collaboration with the Center for Urban Pedagogy)

Schools/Adults Working with Kids

• Post-Election: What Educators Can Do to Support Undocumented Students (by Educators for Fair Consideration)
• UnLocal, Inc. provides easy, straightforward and clear education on immigration law, programs, and news through workshops at schools, community-based organizations & places of worship. To request an UnLocal presentation at your school, visit: http://www.unlocal.org/request-speaker/

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

• Representing Unaccompanied Children: Training Manual for KIND Pro Bono Attorneys (by KIND: Kids in Need of Defense)
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: A Step-by-Step Guide for Safe Passage Project Volunteer Attorneys (by the Safe Passage Project)
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (by the National Immigrant Justice Center – A Heartland Alliance Program)
• Useful Documents for Attorneys Representing Unaccompanied Children (by the National Immigrant Justice Center – A Heartland Alliance Program)
• What is SIJS? Including case law and training materials (by the Safe Passage Project)

Resources for Muslim Immigrant Communities

Harassment and Threats

• Know Your Rights and Responsibilities as an American Muslim (by Council on American-Islamic Relations)
• DC Hate/Bias Crime Hotline – Students/residents who have experienced a bias or hate crime are encouraged to call the Metropolitan Police Department's hate crime coordinator at (202) 727-0500.

Law Enforcement Surveillance of Muslim Communities

• What Are Your Rights During an Interaction with Law Enforcement? – available in English and Arabic (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)
• What You Should Know About Informants (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)

NSEERS “Special Registration”

• NSEERS: The Consequences of America’s Efforts to Secure its Borders (by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee &  the Center for Immigrants’ Rights at Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson School of Law)
• Registration and Monitoring of Certain Nonimmigrants; Final Rule, 67 Fed. Reg. 52584, 52593 (August 12, 2002) (amending 8 CFR §§ 214 and 264) – original NSEERS rule
• Removing Designated Countries From the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, (NSEERS), 76 Fed. Reg. 23830, 23831 (April 28, 2011) (amending 8 CFR §§ 214 and 264) - final rule suspending NSEERS registration as redundant and unnecessary

Other Resources for Muslim Communities

• Know Your Rights, Charitable Giving (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)
• Know Your Rights, Flying While Muslim (by Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility)

Resources for Noncitizens in Removal Proceedings Without Legal Representation (Pro Se Guides and Materials)

• How to Defend Your Own Case/Como Defender Su Propio Caso – Pro Se guides on forms of relief (by The Florence Project)
• Legal Orientation Program – Pro Se materials for detained adults (by the Vera Institute of Justice)

Resources for Student and Employment Visas

• Basic Guidelines: Student and Exchange Visitor Program Employment – information about on-campus and off-campus employment for foreign students (by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
• Permanent Workers – information about the various types of employment-based immigrant visa categories (by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)
• School Search Map – use this tool to find Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)-certified schools and programs eligible to enroll F-1 and M-1 students in the United States (by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
• STEM-Designated Degree Program List – last updated in 2012 (by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
• STEM OPT – for rules and regulations for the optional practical training (OPT) extension for F-1 students with science, technology, engineering and mathematics degrees. Includes a tutorial on how to complete form I-983 (by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security)

• How to Defend Your Own Case/Como Defender Su Propio Caso – Pro Se guides on forms of relief (by The Florence Project)
• Legal Orientation Program – Pro Se materials for detained adults (by the Vera Institute of Justice)

Other Resources

Casa Ruby LGBT Community Center

Casa Ruby is the only Bilingual Multicultural LGBT Organization providing life saving services and programs to the most vulnerable in the LGBT community. The mission is to create success life stories among Transgender, Gender Queer  and Gender Non-conforming Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual people. 

202-355-5155