ADVOCACY - KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Carry the Red Card
Know your rights. Carry them with you. Join a nationwide movement helping people understand and exercise their constitutional rights during encounters with immigration enforcement.
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A SMALL CARD. IMPORTANT RIGHTS.
A practical Know Your Rights tool
The Red Card was created by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC). It is a wallet-sized tool designed to help people understand and assert constitutional rights that apply to everyone in the United States, regardless of immigration status.
Carry it. Know it. Share it.
The card can be carried in a wallet or purse and used during an encounter with immigration enforcement. It can help a person communicate that they are exercising their right to remain silent and other constitutional protections.
The Red Card is available in both ENGLISH and SPANISH from ILRC
The Red Card provides general information, not individualized legal advice.
WHY CARRY ONE?
Be prepared before an encounter happens
Knowing your rights in advance can make an intimidating situation easier to navigate. ILRC encourages people to learn how the card works before they need it.
Keep it with you
Carry a Red Card in your wallet, purse or another place where it is easy to reach.
Know what it says
Read the card and become familiar with the rights it describes before an encounter occurs.
Share the resource
Print extras for family, friends and community members so more people have access to Know Your Rights information.
A NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT
Communities across the country are carrying the Red Card
10m+
Red Cards distributed by ILRC since November 2024
59
Languages currently available from ILRC
2007
Year ILRC introduced the Red Card
KNOWLEDGE TRAVELS THROUGH COMMUNITY
A resource is most powerful when people share it
Red Cards work because community members, advocates, families, businesses and organizations put reliable Know Your Rights information directly into people's hands.
Make the information visible and easy to find
HRA Santa Fe can help by making Red Cards available, pointing people to trusted ILRC resources, and encouraging community members to carry cards and share extras. The goal is not fear. It is preparation, confidence and access to trustworthy information.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
What the Red Card helps you communicate
You can remain silent
You can choose not to answer questions about your immigration status, birthplace or how you entered the United States.
Your home has protections
The card explains constitutional protections involving entry and searches of your home and the importance of a judicial warrant.
You can ask to speak with a lawyer
The card reminds you not to sign documents before you have had an opportunity to seek legal advice.
You can show or hand over the card
ILRC explains that the card may be shown through a window, slid under a door, or presented during an encounter to communicate that you are exercising your rights.
PRINT YOUR OWN
Carry one. Share one. Help someone know their rights.
ILRC provides free print-your-own Red Card artwork in 59 languages. Print a card for yourself and extras for family, friends, neighbors and community spaces. HRA Santa Fe encourages everyone to learn their rights and keep reliable Know Your Rights information close at hand.
Knowledge is something we can share.
Help HRA Santa Fe make trustworthy Know Your Rights resources visible and accessible throughout our community. Carry a Red Card, share the resource, and encourage others to be prepared.