What Immigrant Families Can Do Now
- Make a childcare and family preparedness plan
- Make sure all information and emergency contacts are up to date at your children’s school(s) including who can and cannot pick up your children.
- Create a sheet of emergency numbers and contact information and a file of important documents so that you, your family or your emergency contact person can easily access them.
- Complete a caregiver’s authorization affidavit so another adult can care for your children temporarily (available in California).
- Register your child’s birth with your country’s government (for example, with your country’s consulate) if your child was born in the United States
- Documents to carry AT ALL TIMES*
- Valid work permit
- Valid Green Card
*If you do not have one, you may carry a municipal ID, state ID or driver’s license if it was issued in the United States and contains no information at all about your immigration status or your country of origin.
- Documents you SHOULD NOT carry with you
- Any documentation that indicates your country of origin (such as a Foreign Passport)
- Any false identity/immigration documents