02/18/2026
**ICE/HSI ACTIVITY TRACKING — NEW JERSEY RESOURCES**
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**STATE GOVERNMENT PORTALS**
**NJ Attorney General ICE Reporting Portal** — Launched February 11, 2026, by Gov. Sherrill and the NJ Office of the Attorney General. Residents can submit photos, videos, and narrative reports of ICE interactions, including alleged excessive force, warrantless searches or arrests, and racial profiling. Available in 22 languages. Submissions are reviewed by state officials to track enforcement trends and support potential legal action. Submitted material is not made publicly viewable.
URL: **njoag.gov** (portal linked from the AG's main page)
**NJ Know Your Rights Hub** — A companion site launched simultaneously, providing constitutional rights information and access to pro bono legal services, available in 22 languages.
URL: **nj.gov/humanservices/njnewamericans/newcomers/rights/**
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**INDEPENDENT TRACKING WEBSITES & APPS**
**ICE in My Area** (iceinmyarea.org) — Crowdsourced, anonymous real-time reporting platform. Users can report ICE vehicles, checkpoints, and detainments with specific location details and receive SMS alerts for selected cities.
**Deportation Tracker** — Provides an interactive map of reported raids, allows anonymous user submissions, and offers real-time alerts.
**NNIRR.org** — Community-based tracking resource that lists hotlines where raids can be reported.
**ICEBlock** — Formerly the most widely used iPhone immigration-tracking app. In October 2025 the White House demanded Apple remove it; Apple complied. The developer sued the Trump administration in December 2025 for censorship. Current availability on Android or other platforms should be independently verified.
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**LOCATING DETAINED INDIVIDUALS**
**ICE Online Detainee Locator** (locator.ice.gov/odls/) — Federal government tool. Search requires the detainee's Alien Registration Number (A-Number) or exact name and country of birth. Note: the database may be 20 minutes to eight hours out of date and does not include juveniles or individuals released more than 60 days prior.
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**NEW JERSEY ADVOCACY & RAPID RESPONSE ORGANIZATIONS**
**New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice (NJAIJ)** (njaij.org) — The state's largest immigration coalition, comprising 55+ member organizations. Operates a rapid response network, a county-by-county resource directory of immigrant rights advocates, and a six-part Know Your Rights module series covering how to identify ICE agents, Fourth Amendment protections, rights in public and private spaces, home encounters, and family emergency planning.
County-by-county local resource finder: **njaij.org/immigrants_rights_advocates**
KYR modules: **njaij.org/kyr**
**American Friends Service Committee – NJ** (afsc.org/program/new-jersey-immigrant-rights) — Provides free immigration legal representation from NJ offices, maintains rapid response networks with 24-hour hotlines, and deploys trained volunteers to document enforcement events and alert communities.
**NJ Consortium for Immigrant Children (NJCIC)** (njcic.org/rapidresponse) — Rapid Response Initiative offering legal representation for NJ minors at high risk of removal and Know Your Rights trainings with Power of Attorney preparation for families facing potential separation.
**ACLU of New Jersey** (aclu-nj.org) — Publishes NJ-specific Know Your Rights guidance, tracks enforcement-related litigation, and maintains a directory of free and low-cost deportation defense providers.
KYR page: **aclu-nj.org/know-your-rights/what-do-if-youre-approached-immigration-officials-new-jersey**
Free/low-cost legal services directory linked from same page; also accessible by calling: **1-888-LSNJ-LAW** (Legal Services of New Jersey Hotline)
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**RIGHTS INFORMATION — NJ RESIDENTS**
**NJ Office of New Americans – Know Your Rights Fact Sheet** (nj.gov/humanservices/njnewamericans/newcomers/rights/) — Official state publication covering rights in public encounters, home searches, the distinction between administrative and judicial warrants, the NJ Immigrant Trust Directive (which limits state and local law enforcement cooperation with ICE), and the ICE Detainee Locator. To report a violation of the Immigrant Trust Directive, contact the relevant police department or county prosecutor's office. More information on the Directive is at **njoag.gov/trust/**.
**ACLU-NJ Know Your Rights** — Covers rights in public stops, vehicle stops, home encounters, warrant requirements, filming ICE in public, and document production requirements by immigration status. Notes that if an agent asks to search, the right to refuse exists; if arrested, the right to refuse signing documents exists.
URL: **aclu-nj.org/know-your-rights/what-do-if-youre-approached-immigration-officials-new-jersey**
**NJ Human Services / Office of New Americans KYR PDF** — Multilingual printable fact sheet.
URL: **nj.gov/humanservices/njnewamericans/newcomers/docs/KnowYourRights-com_en.pdf**
**National Immigrant Justice Center – KYR** (immigrantjustice.org/for-immigrants/know-your-rights/ice-encounter/) — Federal-level rights overview applicable to NJ residents.
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**LEGAL ASSISTANCE**
**Legal Services of New Jersey**: **1-888-LSNJ-LAW** (1-888-576-5529)
**First Friends of NJ & NY** (firstfriendsnjny.org) — Immigration bond relief referrals
**NJAIJ Resource Hub** — Attorney directories and hotlines: **njaij.org/kyr**
