Know Your Rights

The Know Your Rights Resource Hub provides access to educational materials that inform the community and help individuals prepare for possible encounters with immigration authorities. Use these resources to learn about your rights, how to exercise them, and what to do when your rights are violated.

Tools and Resources 

• Events and Workshops Calendar
• Know Your Rights – Red Cards
• Family Preparedness Planning
• Detention Support 
• Rapid Response Networks
• Know Your Rights – Workers 
• Know Your Rights – Students 
• Know Your Rights – LGBTQ 
• Know Your Rights – Tenants 
• Immigration Legal Services 
• Community Resources 

Counseling Services

Since 2017, the Office of Immigrant Affairs (OIA) has carried out its mission of supporting immigrants on the road to successful integration and self-sufficiency through its resource navigations services. OIA collaborates with trusted partners to ensure individuals and families receive the highest quality of service and care.

OIA offers accurate, practical, timely information and comprehensive resource material to immigrant communities in the County of Los Angeles including asylum seekers, refugees, and other vulnerable immigrant individuals and families in the area. We also offer webinars, trainings, and presentations including on topics such as: Know Your Rights, Stop Notario Fraud, Public Charge and Benefits Access, Deportation Defense. Other areas of focus that affect immigrant communities are available in collaboration with Collaborators. OIA services are designed to integrate, uplift, and educate immigrant and refugees most of whom are low-income and may not have any other support systems.

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Asylee Orientations

An individual may be granted asylum by the Asylum Division of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or, in immigration court by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).

An asylee is a person who has fled his or her country and is unable or unwilling to return due to persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a social group.

This asylee orientation is for persons with granted (approved) asylum status. The orientation offers individuals an opportunity to learn about programs, services, and resources newly available to them. Some benefits and services are time sensitive, beginning on the date you are granted asylum. 

The orientation focuses on benefits and services in California/ Los Angeles. However, some information and resources apply to persons with asylum throughout the United States. The orientation is free of cost and confidential for attendees.

We will cover several topics for new asylees including how to navigate social services, educational resources, and information on:

• Important documents
• Nutritional and food programs
• Help with healthcare
• Right to work
• Next steps in immigration case

Spanish Asylee Orientation 2025-2026 Schedule 

• Second (2nd) Tuesday of the month from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 
• Dates: August 12th, September 9th, October 14th, November 11th, December 9th, January 13th, February 10th, March 10th, April 14th, May 12th , June 9^th 
• Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kFW7CTM-QwycRfZz7awhDw
• Flyer: downloadable option here

English Asylee Orientation 2025-2026 Schedule 

• Last Thursday of the month from 2:00p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 
• Dates: July 31, August 28, September 25, October 30,  November 20, December 18th, January 29th, February 26th,  March 26th, April 30th, May 28th, June 25^th 
• Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DqdRX6E7SRG9BrNsDg7Fzw 
• Flyer: downloadable option here

For more information, visit contact the Los Angeles County Office of Immigrant Affairs 

• Hotline: (800) 593-8222, (213) 974-1452
• Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. –  4:30 p.m.