December 1, 2021
The TRUTH Act puts vital know-your-rights information in the hands of immigrant community members held in local jails and targeted by ICE. The TRUTH Act ensures community members have the “right to know” if ICE has asked the jail to turn them over for deportation and protects the “right to say no” or to request to have an attorney present for abusive interrogations in local jails where deportation agents often coerce, intimidate, and violate basic rights.