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The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) has released guidance regarding rights that parents should know about in case they are detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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Parents have a right to make decisions about the care and safety of their children, even while in ICE custody. The National Immigration Law Center and the Center for Law and Social Policy jointly developed a resource for immigrant parents that details the rights that parents have while being apprehended and detained.

ICE’s policies include a responsibility to ensure that detained parents have a say in the care of their children.

Five things that parents should know about ICE policy include:

• At the time of arrest, parents have the right to make decisions about the care and custody of their children.
• Parents have the right to be kept near their child or stay in touch with them while detained.
• Parents can ask for help in most detention centers to help make plans for their children.
• Parents can be part of their child’s welfare court case while in ICE detention.
• Parents can decide whether their child will remain in the United States and make alternative care arrangements.

For more information, read CLASP’s resource on knowing one’s rights while being detained by ICE.