This is part of a series of how-to resources put together by Mission Local. You can find more general information in: How can you prepare if you or a loved one are detained by ICE?

The important thing, said Antonia More and Claudia Quintana, attorneys at the Bar Association of San Francisco, is to have a plan. “When you have a plan, you have fewer reasons to worry.”

The Bar Association has been holding regular workshops and clinics to educate immigrants on their rights and to connect them with legal aid. It’s a particular concern for mixed-status families — those who have some U.S. citizen members, often the children, and others who are undocumented. If parents are detained by ICE, where do the children go? If a husband or wife is arrested, what should the other do?

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