First-of-its-kind 'Know Your Rights' workshop for deaf & hard of hearing held in Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Organizers held a first-of-its-kind store successful Fresno connected Friday arsenic President Trump cracks down connected immigration enforcement.

American Sign Language interpreters helped the deaf and hard-of-hearing larn astir their ineligible rights.

"The archetypal thing, is you asseverate your close to stay silent," Brenda Ordaz with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights said. "You say, 'I americium asserting my close to stay silent.'"

Ortiz told attendees that the Americans with Disabilities Act offers circumstantial protections for them.

"Let them know, archetypal of all, that you are portion of the deaf oregon hard-of-hearing assemblage and that you request an interpreter."

The lawsuit drew dozens of people, who stayed engaged for astir 90 minutes and asked respective questions.

Organizers judge it shows a request successful the community.

"Now, they yet person a assets and idiosyncratic to springiness this information, and they wanted to instrumentality vantage of it," Viridiana Alvarez, the enforcement manager of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center, said.

"They yet had a root they could straight inquire their circumstantial questions."

The lawsuit occurred arsenic the Trump medication touts grounds arrests of undocumented immigrants.

While a national justice has blocked raids successful overmuch of California, images from Los Angeles and crossed the state person Jesus connected edge.

"Of course, I'm scared," Jesus said. "And, I don't consciousness astatine easiness with this astatine all. And I've been seeing a batch of things, and it's precise terrifying."

Jesus feels adjacent much astatine hazard due to the fact that helium is deaf.

"As an idiosyncratic here, I conscionable privation to beryllium safe," helium said. "Please don't wounded people. Please beryllium respectful."

The Trump medication faces, by immoderate counts, hundreds of lawsuits. Some assertion national migration officers are violating laws and adjacent rights.

Action News asked organizers if assemblage members tin spot that what they learned Friday volition adjacent assistance them.

"We are seeing that arsenic agelong arsenic we are exercising our rights, if they are acting not wrong the instrumentality oregon they are violating their rights, we tin ever code that astatine the courts level," Ordaz said.

The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center is distributing cards that item the rights outlined connected Friday for radical to carry.

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