Know Your Rights Information Session

This Know Your Rights information session will focus on legal and practical protections for non-citizens in the United States in our changing political and policy environment. Professor Emily R. Chertoff will share what we know about these changes in enforcement policy and practice, and what is still uncertain. The presentation will cover measures that individuals can take to keep themselves and their loved ones safe. It will also discuss the process if someone is detained and potential legal options for contesting deportation.

Important Information

If you are concerned about your safety, we encourage you to watch the recording. Follow Their Story is Our Story on social media (@tsosrefugees) or subscribe to our email list to be notified when the recording is made available.

To protect the identities of those who choose to watch live, we are not requiring registration to join. Simply follow this link to join the Zoom meeting.

Please submit any questions to Professor Emily Chertoff before the session, so she can adapt the presentation accordingly.

Professor Chertoff Biography

Emily R. Chertoff is an Associate Professor of Law at Georgetown Law School. Her research focuses on transformations in the administration of law enforcement, particularly immigration enforcement. Before joining the academy, she served as the first Executive Director of the New Jersey Consortium for Immigrant Children, an advocacy coalition that won state-funded legal services for immigrant youth. She also was a Staff Attorney and Yale Public Interest Fellow at Immigrant Defenders Law Center, where she helped build an impact litigation and appellate advocacy practice. Her work included emergency COVID-19 habeas practice, Ninth Circuit litigation, and direct representation of detained people.

At Georgetown Law, Professor Chertoff leads the Immigrant Experience Project, a new research initiative that explores how different groups of people with immigrant status understand, respond, and adapt to recent changes in U.S. immigration law and policy.