Safe Access to Care

Description:
Our Toolkit
Guidance
This model guidance provides a starting point for institutional leadership and advocates working within or receiving care from those institutions, including foundational infrastructure, response to agents, and care for patients in detention.
Legislation
This model state legislation provides a starting point for legislators and advocates to ensure creation, implementation, enforcement, and reporting of policies and procedures by institutions. The legislation draws on examples from other states, adapted for New York.
Templates
The clinical letter templates below provide a starting point for health workers to advocate alongside patients in multiple settings in the community and in the custody of immigration enforcement.
Resources
Resources for Facilities
Please use this form to confidentially share key facility contacts.
Doctors for Immigrants - Toolkit and Videos for Patients, Providers, and Facilities
Resources For Providers
Doctors for Immigrants - Toolkit and Videos for Patients, Providers, and Facilities
Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA) - Responding to ICE in Emergency Departments: Protecting Patients and Navigating Legal Obligations
Loyola University Chicago - Sanctuary Doctor
National Immigration Law Center (NILC) - Know Your Rights: Health Care Providers & Immigration Enforcement
Resources For Patients
Indivisible - Safe Schools Guide
MnNEAT (Minnesota Neurodivergent Education, Advocacy, and Therapy Services) - Disability pocket cards
National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) - Know Your Rights | ICE Out of Our Communities!
New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) - Community Resources for Immigrant NYers
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) - Immigrant Enforcement Resources | Unlocking Care: Healthcare Access Points for All New Yorkers
New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) - Immigrant Protection
New York University (NYU) School of Law - Immigrant Rights Clinic - Community Resources
Last Updated:
May 4, 2026

