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Know Your Rights: What to do When You're Questioned or Searched By Government Officials This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.

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If any governmental official (police officer, FBI agent, IMMIGRATION official) wishes to engage you in conversation, all persons, citizens and non-citizens, have the constitutional right to remain silent and request a lawyer.
By: Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
Read this in: Spanish / Español

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