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Hotlines & Helplines 

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• 737-276-1717 Grassroots Leadership Rights and Defense Hotline (bilingual) 

  • ​All things immigration-related: legal & detention support, ICE activity, court accompaniment, etc.

• 512-640-9080 Austin Sanctuary Network (ASN) 

  • For referrals for visitation, accompaniment and some legal representation support

• 210-864-2917 American Gateways - Deportation & Removal Proceedings Support

  • For anyone in removal proceedings at the San Antonio Immigration Court without legal representation. Legal orientation offered on-site from 7:30 am - noon (M-Th)

 

Detention Support & Information

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• 737-312-5451 Austin Sanctuary Network phone line - for resource referrals & support (e.g., legal, visitation program, commissary funds)

  • The number can be called from within Texas detention centers (staffed on Wednesdays & Fridays from 2-6pm).

  • Families/friends of those detained can text the number anytime.

• 512-640-9080 Austin Sanctuary Network (ASN) - to request visitation and support for someone who is detained (must have the A# of person detained to receive visitors)

• 9233# (from inside any detention center) National Immigration Detention Hotline (español)

• Detention Centers & Corresponding Immigration Courts in Texas Tx Immigration Law Council (also includes some non-profit local

• ICE Online Detainee Locator tool for finding adults who are in ICE custody (48 hours after being detained)

• 800-203-7001 Office of Refugee Resettlement Parent Hotline (699# from inside detention) - call to find one’s child under age 18

• 800-898-7180 DOJ automated Immigration Case Status & Board of Immigration Appeals status 

 

Rapid Response Support (Witnessing and Tracking ICE Activity)

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• 737-276-1717 Grassroots Leadership Rights and Defense Hotline (bilingual) 

  • All things immigration-related: legal & detention support, ICE activity, court accompaniment, etc.

• 210-361-3070 San Antonio RR reporting - can also provide some legal referrals

• Reporting Form People Over Papers

  • ​National mapping & verification of ICE activity reports - multilingual, resets daily, searchable by date & place.

  • Helpful to use forms SALUTE form (ACTUAR: español) when creating reports.