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Legal and Rights-based Resources

Creating a Family Preparedness Plan

This video (in Spanish and English) helps parents in VT who do not have lawful immigration status create a plan to set up temporary guardianship for their children, in case they are detained or deported. The video explains how to contact VT Legal Aid for free assistance creating their family preparedness plan. Created Jan. 2025.​

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Know Your Rights with ICE

This video (in Arabic, English, French, Haitian Kreyol, Mandarin, and Spanish) focuses on im/migrants' rights when interacting with ICE. The content was produced and vetted by the Immigrant Defense Project.

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Know Your Rights: The 100 Mile Border Zone

This video (in Arabic, English, French, Haitian Kreyol, Mandarin, and Spanish) focuses on im/migrants' rights when interacting with ICE. The content was produced and vetted by ACLU.

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Immigrants: What to do with Police and ICE

This video (in Spanish and English) contains content from ACLU Massachusetts about what non-citizens need to know when it comes to interacting with police and immigration enforcement.

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What to Do When You are Stopped by the Police

This video (in 19 languages) walks you through your rights and what to expect during a traffic stop.

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Car Seat Laws in Vermont

This video (in 18 languages) explains VT laws about car seats, booster seats, and seat belts. 

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Printable Flyers with QR codes

Download this PDF to share language specific flyers helping folks to access videos about legal rights and laws. Flyers available in Spanish, Arabic, Haitian Kreyol and Mandarin, in addition to an English flyer that links to the full multilingual playlist for each video. Updated 2/14/25.​

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Download here.

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Important information about legal consequences for alcohol and drug possession and use, including cannabis, for people without US citizenship.​​

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Information to Help Im/migrants and Refugees Know their Rights and Understand US Laws

VLJP is creating videos and resources to help immigrants, migrants, and refugees know their rights, stay safe, and make informed decisions.

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