“What Family and Child Welfare Judges Need to Know: Legal Options for Immigrant Adult, Teen and Child Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence”

July 21, 2020

This webinar was held in collaboration with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges on July 21, 2020.

This workshop provides judges with the legally correct information about intersecting immigration, family and benefits laws needed to issue more effective and enforceable orders and discovery rulings.  Attendees receive tips, tools and resources for family law cases involving immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child/elder abuse.

NIWAP offers a full library of SJI supported materials for courts at https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/training-manual-for-courts-table-of-contents/.

NIWAP also offers technical assistance for judges and court staff. Find out how to use NIWAP’s technical assistance here: https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/TA-Flyer.pdf

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Training Materials

• “What Family and Child Welfare Judges Need to Know: Legal Options for Immigrant Adult, Teen and Child Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence” PowerPoint Presentation

Forms of Immigration Relief

• Bench Card: Overview of Types of Immigration Status https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/bchcrd-immstatustypes
• Family Court Bench Card on Immigration Rights of Battered Spouses, Children and Immigrant Crime Victims https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/judg-tkit-bchcrdvictimsimmrights10-11-13
• Bench Card: DHS Enforcement Priorities Information for State Court Judges https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhsenforcementpriorities-benchcard/
• State courts and the Protection of Immigrant Crime Victims and Children (November 2013) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-ppwbnr- statecrtsprotectionofimmchildrencrimevictims-11-08-13/

Immigration Relief for Crime Victims and Children

• DHS Interactive Infographic on Protections for Immigrant Victims https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-protections1-6-links-121516
• Immigration Options for Victims of Crime -DHS Brochure https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-options-victims-of-crimes/

• Multilingual Materials for Victims and Advocates https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/topic/multilingual-materials-language/
• Pathways to Immigration Relief for Students https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/screening-students-for-immigraiton-protections/
• Information on the Legal Rights Available to Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence in the United States and Facts about Immigrating on a Marriage-Based Visa https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/marriage-based-legal-rights
• Immigration Relief for Abused Children https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscis_sijs_brochure
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: Information for Juvenile Courts https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscis-sijs-for-courts
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: Information for Child Welfare Workers https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscis-sijs-info-for-childwelfareworkers
• USCIS Brochure: Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/fgmc_brochure_final/

Human Trafficking

• Blue Campaign: What You Can Do- Recognizing and Supporting Trafficking Victims in the Courtroom https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/bc-pamphlet-judicial-english
• Sample Questions for Identifying a Trafficked/Enslaved Person https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/questions-for-identifying-trafficked-or-enslaved- persons
• Brochure: Continued Presence & Temporary Immigration Status for Victims of Human Trafficking https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/bc-pamphlet-english
• Blue Campaign: What Can You Do? (Judicial) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/bc-pamphlet-judicial-english/
• “Crash” – DHS Blue Campaign Trafficking PSA (June 14, 2013) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/june-14-2013-dhs-blue-campaign-trafficking-psa-crash/
• Human Trafficking and the T-Visa https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch11-human-trafficking-and-t-visa
• T-Visa Timeline with Background Checks https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/t-visa-timeline
• Approaches to Addressing Human Trafficking https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/approaches-to-addressing-human-trafficking
• Definitions, Forms, and Dynamics of Human Trafficking https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/definitions-forms-dynamics-of-human-trafficking
• DHS Continued Presence: Temporary Immigration Status for Victims of Human Trafficking https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-continued-presence-brochure
• Human Trafficking Assessment and Measurement Framework https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/human-trafficking-asessment-and-measurement- framework
• Identifying Cases that May Involve Human Trafficking https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/identifying-cases-involving-human-trafficking
• Immigration Rights of Victims of Human Trafficking https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/immigration-rights-of-victims-ofhuman-trafficking
• Characteristics of a State Court Focused Approach to Addressing Human Trafficking https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/state-court-focused-approach-to-addressing-human- trafficking
• Infrastructure Required to Support Courts and Justice Partners in Human Trafficking Cases https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/strategies-to-support-courts-and-partners-in-human- trafficking-cases
• Dealing with Human Trafficking Victims in a Juvenile Case https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/working-with-human-trafficking-victims-in-a- juvenile-case
• Human Trafficking Victims as Criminal Defendants https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/human-trafficking-vctims-as-criminal-defendants

U and T Visa Certification

• DHS U and T Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-updated-u-certification-resource-guide-2015/
• DHS Policy Answers to Law Enforcement Reasons for Not Certifying https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-answers-to-reasons-for-not-certifying
• U Visa Certification Tool Kit for Federal, State, and Local Judges, Commissioners, and Magistrates https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-certification-tool-kit-federal-state-local-judges- magistrates
• U Visa Quick Reference for Judges (September 4, 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/judges-toolkit-quick-reference/
• U-Visa Flow Chart https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uvisaflowchart/
• U-Visa: “Helpfulness” Checklist https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uvisa-helpfulness-chcklist/
• USCIS U Visa Certification Factsheet Q&A https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-relief-victims-trafficking-and-other
• Collection of U Visa News Articles https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uvisa-news-articles/
• The Importance of the U-visa as a Crime-Fighting Tool for Law Enforcement Officials – Views from Around the Country
  https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uvisa-crime-fighting-tool
• Protecting Our Communities and Officer Safety https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/may_june_sheriff
• Overcoming Fear and Building Trust With Immigrant Communities and Crime Victims (Police Chief Magazine April 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/policechief_april-2018_building-trust-immigrant- victims/
• Bench Card: DHS Enforcement Priorities, Courthouse Enforcement and Sensitive Location Policies and Memoranda: Information for State Court Judges https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMM-Qref- DHSEnforcementPriorities-2.11.17-FINAL.pdf
• Understanding the Judicial Role in U-Visa Certification, American Journal of Family Law https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/judicial-role-u-visa-cert/
• New U and T Visa Application and Certification Forms (January and February 2017) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/2017-u-cert-forms/
• Immigrant Crime Victims and U Visa Certification – What is it and Why Should Judges Care? (National) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/national-uvisa-judicial-training-update/
• Immigrant Crime Victims and U Visa Certification – What is it and Why Should Judges Care? (Minnesota) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/minnesota-uvisa-judicial-training-update/
• U Visa Certification by Judges: Minnesota Board of Judicial Standards Opinion https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/mn-broard-judicial-standards-opinion-2015-2-final/
• National Survey on Types of Criminal Activities: Experienced By U-Visa Recipients https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-criminal-activities-survey/
• Expert Advice for Judges: How to Handle U Visa Certification Requests (Webinar) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/december-1-2014-expert-advice-for-judges-webinar/
• State Laws https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/state-u-visa-certification-laws/

Forms and Instructions

• DHS: Instructions for Form I-914, Supplement B https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/i-916-supplement-b-instructions
• DHS: Form I-914, Supplement B for T visa Endorsement https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/form-i-914-supplement-b-2/
• DHS: Instructions for Form I-918, Supplement B, for U visa Certification https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/instructions-i1918-unonimm-status
• DHS: Form I-918, Supplement B, for U visa Certification https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/i918-supb-certification
• T Visa Declaration (Certification) I-914 Supplement B Instructions (January 18, 2017) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/i-914-supplement-b-instructions/
• T Visa Declaration (Certification) Form I-914 Supplement B (January 18, 2017) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/form-i-914-supplement-b-2/

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Child Abuse & Protective Battered Immigrant Parents

Full Training Manual

• The Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Bench Book: A National Guide to Best Practice for Judges and Courts (April 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/manual/sijs-benchbook/

SIJS Bench Book Table of Contents

• Chapter I – Introduction to Special Immigrant Juvenile Status https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch-i-intro-to-sijs/
• Chapter II – Details About Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) Findings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/details-about-special-immigrant-juvenile-status-sijs- findings/
• Chapter III – Abuse, Abandonment, or Neglect – The Role of State Law Definitions in Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Findings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/abuse-abandonment-or-neglect/
• Chapter IV – Application of the Best Interest of the Child Standard in SIJS https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/application-of-the-best-interest-of-the-child-standard-
• Chapter V-1 – Adoption Quick Reference https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/chapter-v-1-adoption-quick-reference/
• Chapter V-2 – Civil Protection Orders Quick Reference Guide https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch-v2-civil-protection-orders-quick-reference-guide/
• Chapter V-3 – Custody Quick Reference Guide https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch-v3-custody-quick-reference-guide/
• Chapter V-4 – SIJS in Declaratory Judgment Cases Quick Reference https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/chapter-v-4-sijs-in-declaratory-judgment-cases-quick- reference/
• Chapter V-5 – Delinquency Quick Reference https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/chapter-v-5-delinquency-quick-reference/
• Chapter V-6 – Dependency Quick Reference https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/chapter-v-6-dependency-quick-reference/
• Chapter V-7 – Guardianship Quick Reference https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/chapter-v7-guardianship-quick-reference/
• Chapter V-8 – Paternity Quick Reference Guide https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/chapter-v8-paternity-quick-reference-guide/
• Chapter VI – Inadmissibility in SIJS https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/chapter-vi-inadmissibility-in-sijs/
• Chapter VII – Service of Process in SIJS https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/chapter-vii-service-of-process-in-sijs/
• Appendix A – SIJS Statutory and Regulatory Provisions https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-a-sijs-statutory-and-regulatory-provisions/
• Appendix B – SIJS Legislative History https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-b-sijs-legislative-history/
• Appendix C – TVPRA-SIJ Neufeld Memo https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-c-tvpra_sij-neufeld-memo-03-24-2009/
• Appendix D1 – USCIS SIJS Policy Manual Full – Vol 6 https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-d1-uscis-sijs-policy-manual-full-vol-6/
• Appendix D2 – USCIS SIJS Policy Manual Full – Vol 7 https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-d2-uscis-sijs-policy-manual-full-vol-7/
• Appendix E – Understanding the Significance of a Minor’s Trauma History in Family Court Rulings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-e-effects-of-trauma-on-minors-fact-sheet/
• Appendix F – DHS Interactive Infographic on Protections for Immigrant Victims https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-f-dhs-interactive-infographic-on- protections-for-immigrant-victims/
• Appendix G – DHS Immigrants Options for Victims of Crime (English) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-g-dhs-immigration-options-english/
• Appendix H – DHS SIJS Brochure https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-h-dhs-sijs-brochure/
• Appendix I – DOJ Language Access Letter to Courts https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-i-language-access-letter-to-courts/
• Appendix J – Types of Proceedings SIJS Findings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-j-types-of-proceedings-sijs-findings/
• Appendix K – State Law Definitions of Child Abuse https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-k-state-law-definitions-of-child-abuse- chart/
• Appendix L – Abandonment of Children Statutes Definitions https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-l-abandonment-of-children-statutes- definitions/
• Appendix M – State Law Definitions of Child Neglect https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-m-state-law-definitions-of-child-neglect- chart/
• Appendix N – Domestic Violence Includes Child Abuse and Child Neglect https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-n-domestic-violence-abuse-and-neglect/
• Appendix O – States Definitions of Child Endangerment as More Severe Than Neglect https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-o-endangerment-chart/
• Appendix P – State Law Definitions of Forced Marriage as Child Abuse https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-p-forced-marriage-chart/
• Appendix Q – Best Interests of the Child Matrix https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-q-best-interests-of-the-child-matrix/
• Appendix Q-1 – Best Interests of the Child All Factors https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-q1-best-interests-of-the-child-all-factors/
• Appendix Q-2 – Best Interests – Catch All https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-q2-best-interests-catch-all/
• Appendix Q-3 – Best Interests – Child’s Family Relationships https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-q3-best-interests-child_s-family- relationships/
• Appendix Q-4 – Best Interests – Child’s Needs https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-q4-best-interests-child_s-needs/
• Appendix Q-5 – Best Interests – Child’s Wishes https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-q5-best-interests-childs-wishes/
• Appendix Q-6 – Best Interests Continuity and Stability of Child Factor https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-q6-best-interests-continuity-stability-of- child/
• Appendix Q-7 – Best Interests of the Child – Family Violence https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-q7-best-interests-family-violence/
• Appendix Q-8 – Best Interests – Joint Custody https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-q8-best-interests-joint-custody/
• Appendix Q-9 – Best Interests – Parental Cooperation Conflict https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-q9-best-interests-parental-cooperation- conflict/
• Appendix Q-10 – Best Interests – Parental Fitness https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-q10-best-interests-parental-fitness/
• Appendix Q-11 – Best Interests – Parental Wishes https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-q11-best-interests-parental-wishes/
• Appendix Q-12 – Best Interests – Substance Abuse, Mental Illness, and Criminal History Factor https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-q12-best-interests-substance-abuse-mental- illness-crim-hist/
• Appendix R – Custody in Protection Orders Proceedings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-r-custody-in-protection-orders-proceedings/
• Appendix S – Using Declaratory Judgment in Family Law Matters https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-s-using-declaratory-judgment-in-family- law-matters/
• Appendix T – Declaratory Judgments – Cases By Topic & State https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-t-declaratory-judgments-cases-bytopic- state/
• Appendix U – SIJS and State Declaratory Judgment Statutes – State by State https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-u-state-by-state-declaratory-judgement- statutes-and-sijs-3/
• Appendix V – Guardianship Appointment of Guardian Chart https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-v-guardianship-appointment-of-guardian- chart/
• Appendix W – When Guardianship Terminates https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-w-when-guardianship-terminates/
• Appendix X – SIJS Case Law Chart https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-x-sijs-case-law-chart/
• Appendix Y – States with Rules Identical to FRCP 4 https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-y-states-with-rules-identical-to-frcp-4/
• Appendix Z – Glossary of Terms for Work with Immigrant Survivors https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-z-glossary/

SIJS Training Materials

• New Practice Advisory on Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Applications Published: Additional Information for Judges and Attorneys https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/new-advisory-sijs-applications/
• Factors That Can Demonstrate That It is Not in a Child’s Best Interests to be Returned to Their Home Country (October 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/best-interest-not-to-return
• Immigration Protection Screening Checklist: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-sijs-checklist
• Abused, Abandoned, or Neglected: Legal Options for Recent Immigrant Women and Girls (August 2016) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/legal-options-recent-imm-women-and-girls
• Types of Proceedings in Which State Courts Can Make Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Findings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-j-types-of-proceedings-sijs-findings-12-20- 17/
• Immigration Relief for Abused Children https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscis_sijs_brochure
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: Information for Juvenile Courts https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscis-sijs-for-courts
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: Information for Child Welfare Workers https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscis-sijs-info-for-childwelfareworkers
• Comparison Chart of VAWA, U, and SIJS https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/comparison-chart-vawa-u-sijs
• Representing Undocumented Children Who Have Been Abused, Neglected, or Abandoned (Special Immigrant Juvenile Status)** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1270
• Special Immigrant Juveniles- Memorandum #2: Clarification of Interim Field Guidance https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/sij-memo2/
• Grounds of Inadmissibility for Special Immigrant Juveniles https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/inadmissibility-sijs-ilrc/
• Webinar: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status – Best Practices of Drafting Findings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/may2019sijs/

VAWA Self-Petition

• Introduction to VAWA Self-Petitioning and Flow Charts https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-self-petitioning-intro-and-flow-charts-6-17-19/
• VAWA Self-Petitioning Flow Chart for Child Applicants https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-flow-chart-child/
• Flowchart: VAWA Self-Petitioning Eligibility for Elder Abuse Survivors https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/flowchart-vawa-selfpet-elder-abuse/
• Flowchart: VAWA Self-Petitioning Eligibility for Adults https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/flowchart-vawa-selfpet-adults
• Public Benefits Flow Charts: VAWA Self‐Petition and Cancellation, U-Visas, T-Visas, and SIJS https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/public-benefits-flow-charts/
• Battering or Extreme Cruelty: Drawing Examples from Civil Protection Order and Family Law Cases https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/IMM-Qref- ExtremeCrueltyinCPOFamLawCases-10.13.13.pdf
• Information on the Legal Rights Available to Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence in the US and Facts about Immigrating on a Marriage-based Visa https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/marriage-based-legal-rights

VAWA Confidentiality

Bench Cards

• Family Court Bench Card on VAWA Confidentiality https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/family-court-bench-card-vawa-confidentiality
• Bench Card: DHS Enforcement Priorities, Courthouse Enforcement and Sensitive Location Policies and Memoranda: Information for State Court Judges https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMM-Qref- DHSEnforcementPriorities-2.11.17-FINAL.pdf

VAWA Confidentiality Statues, Regulations and Policies

Training Materials

• Three Prongs of VAWA Confidentiality https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/conf-vawa-bro-3prongsofconfidentiality/
• Quick Reference: VAWA Confidentiality Protections: Quoting Statutes, Regulations and DHS Policies 3.29.19 https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/federal-law-quotes-vawa-confidentiality-protections_3-29-19/
• VAWA Confidentiality Protections for Immigrant Crime Victims (Webpage) (February 23, 2017) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/vawa-confidentiality-materials-tools/
• Chapter 3.2: VAWA Confidentiality and Breaches of Confidentiality https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch3-2-vawa-confidentiality/
• Chapter 3: VAWA Confidentiality, History, Purpose, DHS Implementation, and Violations of VAWA Confidentiality Protections https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch3-vawa-confidentiality-history-purpose/
• Utilizing VAWA Confidentiality Protections in Family Court Proceedings** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1270
• Protecting Immigrant Victims: VAWA Offers Immigration Protections for Sexual Assault Victims https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/protecting-immigrant-victims-article/
• Newsletter on VAWA Confidentiality https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/niwap-newsletter-9-15-14/

Statute, Regulations, Policies and DHS Publications

• Interlineated statute https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-confidentiality-interliniated/
• VAWA Confidentiality Statutes, Legislative History and Implementing Policy (2.23.17) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-confidentiality-statutes-leg-history/
• All DHS Directive on VAWA Confidentiality Implementation which included and explains the annual requirement for training taking the FLTEC and DHS developed on line course ‘VAWA Confidentiality and Immigration Relief https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/implementation-section-1367/
• All DHS VAWA Confidentiality Instruction https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/implementation-of-section-1367-all-dhs-instruction- 002-02-001/
• DHS Broadcast Code of Admission for VAWA confidentiality protected cases the DHS computerized red flag system for cases that have already been filed https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-broadcast-class-admission-code/
• ICE and OPLA VAWA Confidentiality Operations Memos https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/iceopla-vawa-confidentiality-2007-foia/
• DHS Civil Rights Civil Liberties Complaint Instructions for VAWA Confidentially Violation Investigations https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/conf-vawa-gov-dhscomplaintinstrts-2008/
• Memorandum: Non-disclosure and Other Prohibitions Relating to Battered Aliens: IIRIRA §384 https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/conf-vawa-gov-insconfvawamemo-05-05-1997/
• Executive Office of Immigration Review EOIR: VAWA Confidentiality Procedures for Immigration Court https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/operating-policies-procedures-memorandum-no-97-7- procedures-identifying-potential-battered-spouse-battered-child-cases/

VAWA Confidentiality and Courthouse Enforcement Policies

• Civil Immigration Enforcement Actions Inside Courthouses (January 10, 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/ICE-Directive-1.10.2018-003.pdf
• VAWA Confidentiality Protections, Courthouse Enforcement, and Sensitive Location Policies at a Glance (3.29.19) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-protections-in-state-courts-and-cases/
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement January 2018 Courthouse Enforcement Policy and VAWA Confidentiality Protections for Immigrant Crime Victims https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/courthouse-protections-and-crime-victims/
• Courthouse Immigration Enforcement: Steps State Courts Are Taking (2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/courtroom-enforcement-steps-courts-are-taking/
• February 2018 Newsletter: New ICE Policies on Courthouse Enforcement and VAWA Confidentiality
  https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/niwap-feb-newsletter/

VAWA Confidentiality and State Court Discovery

• Quick Reference Guide for Judges: VAWA Confidentiality and Discovery Related Case Law https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/judges-vawa-confidentiality-cases-and-discovery/
• Court Rulings Confirm Federal VAWA Confidentiality Protections Bar Discovery of VAWA Confidentiality Protected Information in State Family Court Proceedings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/conf-vawa-tool-hawkedemajfactsheet/
• VAWA Confidentiality and Criminal Cases: How Prosecutors Should Respond to Discovery Attempts for Protected Information https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/discovery-and-vawa-confidentiality-tool-final-7-24- 17/
• Quick Reference Guide for Prosecutors: U Visa and VAWA Confidentiality Related Case Law https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/case-law-quick-reference-tool-7-24-17-final-w-logo/

Webinars

• Impact of DHS Enforcement Priorities on Courts: VAWA Confidentiality and Enforcement” (Webinar)(August 21, 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/jffnm2018/
• VAWA Confidentiality Webinar (February 9, 2015) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/vawa-confidentiality-webinar/

Family Law Cases: Special Issues for Immigrant Crime Victims and Children

Custody

• Bench Card: Impact of Divorce on Immigration Status https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/divorce-bench-card/
• Family Court Bench Card on Issues that Arise in Custody Cases Involving Immigrant Parents, Children, and Crime Victims https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/common-imm-issues-custody-cases
• Custody of Children in Mixed Status Families: Preventing the Misunderstanding and Misuse of Immigration Status in State-Court Custody Proceedings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/mixed-status-fams-child-custody
• Obtaining Custody of Children for Battered Immigrants** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1270
• Chapter 06.1: Countering Abuser’s Attempts to Raise Victim’s Immigration Status in Custody Cases https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch6-1-counterabuserraisingimmstatus/
• Chapter 06.3: The Implications of the Hague International Child Abduction Convention: Cases and Practice https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch6-3-hagueintlchildabduction/
• Winning Custody Cases for Immigrant Survivors: The Clash of Laws, Cultures, Custody and Parental Rights: Family and Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly Fall 2016/Winter 2017**
  • Fall 2016: https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article_abstract.php?pid=6&iid=1269&aid =8304
  • Winter 2017: https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1270
• NIWAP October 2018 Custody Newsletter (October 19, 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/custody-2018.pdf

Child Development and Trauma

• Understanding the Significance of a Minor’s Trauma history in Family Court Rulings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-e-effects-of-trauma-on-minors-fact-sheet/
• Vulnerable but not Broken: Psychosocial Challenges and Resilience Pathways in Unaccompanied Children from Central America https://www.nwirp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Vulnerable-But-Not-Broken.pdf

Securing a Detained Parent’s Participation in Court Proceedings Involving Children

• How to Get a Detained Person to Court for Family Court Cases Involving Children and/or Criminal Proceedings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/getting-a-detained-parent-to-court/
• DHS Detained Parent Directive https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ice-detained-parent-directive-may-5018/
• DHS Fact Sheet ICE Policies and Procedures Involving Detained Parents and Legal Guardians https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/factsheetdetainedparents/

Protection Orders

• Immigrants and Protection Orders Bench Card https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/protection-orders-bench-card/
• Battering or Extreme Cruelty Drawing Examples from Civil Protection Orders and Family Law Cases https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/extreme-cruelty-examples-protection-order-2/
• Seeking Protection Orders for Immigrant Victims** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1269
• Chapter 05.1: Battered Immigrants and Civil Protection Orders https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch5-1-imm-civil-protection-orders/
• Chapter 05.2: Ensuring Access to Protection Orders for Immigrant Victims of Family Violence https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch5-2-access-protection-orders/
• Chapter 15: Jurisdictionally Sound Protection Orders https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch5-3-jurisdictionallysound-cpos/
• Battered Immigrant Women in the United States and Protection Orders: An Exploratory Research https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/battered-women-protection-order-research/
• Chapter 14.01: Protection Orders of Immigrant Victims for Sexual Assault https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch14-protectionorders-sa
• Unintended Consequences: How Civil Protection Orders Affect Immigrants, Delaware Lawyer’s Magazine https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/DELAW-FALL-2018.pdf
• Creative Methods in Protecting Battered Immigrants https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/creative-cpo-batimms/

Economic Relief

• Immigration Status, Work Authorization, and Ability to Sponsor Children https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/fam-chart-immstatus
• Providing Economic Relief for Immigrant Victims: Child Support and Spousal Support** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1270
• Immigration Concerns for Family Law Practitioners https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/family-law-journal-immigration-concerns-for-family- law-practitioners/

Child Abuse, Neglect, Child Welfare and Termination of Parental Rights

• Protecting Parental Rights When the Immigrant Parent is Detained or Deported https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1270
• Case of Maria L.** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1269
• Fact Sheet on State v. Maria L. https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/fact-sheet-state-v-maria/
• In Re Interest of Angelica L. and Daniel L. (N.W.2d) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/nebraska-advance-sheets/
• Toolkit: Detention and Termination of Parental Rights https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/terminationofparentalrightsindetention/

Immigrant Children and Child Welfare Proceedings

• Immigration in Child Welfare System Case Studies https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/child_law/Immigration%20in%20 CWS%20Case%20Studies_final.pdf
• Guide for State Courts in Cases Involving Unaccompanied Immigrant Children https://www.sji.gov/wp/wp-content/uploads/15-167_NCSC_UICGuide_FULL-web1.pdf
• Unaccompanied Immigrant Children And The State Courts https://www.sji.gov/wp/wp-content/uploads/Information-Card_UAC-and-the-State-Courts.pdf
• HHS: Immigration and Child Welfare https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/issue-briefs/immigration/
• Immigrant Families and Child Welfare Systems: Emerging Needs and Promising Policies https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/immigrant-families-child-welfare-systems
• NCJFCJ Improving Child Welfare Practice for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence (Webinar) https://www.ncjfcj.org/improving-child-welfare-practice-immigrant-victims-domestic-violence
• NCJFCJ Deportation and Children https://www.ncjfcj.org/sites/default/files/NCJFCJ_Deportation_Children_Final_0.pdf
• SYNERGY: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Intersection of Immigration Enforcement and the Child Welfare System https://www.ncjfcj.org/sites/default/files/Synergy16-1_0.pdf
• The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Child Welfare https://www.ncjfcj.org/sites/default/files/Impact%20of%20Enforcement.pdf

Public Benefits Access of Immigrant Victims

• Public Benefits Bench Card https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/pb-bchcrd-pubbenefits
• Public Benefits Map https://map.niwap.org/
• State by State public benefits charts – by immigrant victim case type and benefits program https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/all-state-public-benefits-charts/
• VAWA Public Benefits Eligibility Process: VAWA Self-petitioners, VAWA Cancellation of Removal, and VAWA Suspension of Deportation https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-eligibility-process
• U Visa Victims Benefits Eligibility Process (Bench Card) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-benefits-benchcard
• Trafficking Victims Benefits Eligibility Process (Bench Card) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/bchcrd-trafficking-victim-benefits-eligibility-process
• Joint Agency Letter on Shelters and Transitional Housing https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/joint-agency-letter-shelters-transitional-housing/
• Access to Publicly Funded Legal Services for Battered Immigrants https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/lsc-tool-accesspubliclyfundedls
• Advisory Opinion 2016-002: Providing Legal Services for Children Seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
  https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/lsc-ao-2016-002-revised/
• Access to Public and Assisted Housing VAWA Self-Petitioners –Webpage (January 26, 2017) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/access-public-assisted-housing-vawa-self-petitioners/
• Post-VAWA 2013: Immigrant Crime Victims and Public Charge https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-tkit-publicchargepostvawa2013/
• Programs Open to Immigrant Victims and All Immigrants Without Regard to Immigration Status https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/programs-open-to-all-immigrants
• Anti-Discrimination Provisions that Apply to Programs Receiving Federal Funding Serving Victims of Violence against Women Crimes https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/pb-tool-antidiscrimlaws/

Criminal Court Cases Involving Immigrant Victims

• What’s Immigration Status Got to Do with It? Prosecution Strategies for Cases Involving Undocumented Victims https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/pretrial-strategies-7-24-17-final-with-logos/
• Certifying Early: When Should You Sign a U or T Visa Certification for a Victim? https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/certifying-early-7-24-17-final-w-logo/
• Overview of Immigration Consequences of State Court Criminal Convictions https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-consequences-state-ct-convictions/
• Good Moral Character: Assessment Tool https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/good-moral-char-tool/

Language Access

• Language Access General Materials (Updated June 18, 2019) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/language-access-general-materials/
• DOJ Letter to State Chief Justices and State Court Administrators on Access for Limited English Proficient Persons to State Court Proceedings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/lang-access-doj-courts-letter/
• Judicial Bench Card for Court Interpretation https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ncsc-bench-card-language-access
• Serving Limited English Proficient Immigrant Victims** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1269
• Chapter 1.4: Laws Governing Law Enforcement Agency Provision of Language Assistance to Limited English Proficient Persons https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/laws-governing-langauge-access/

Screening Tools

• Comparison Chart of U visa, T Visa, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Self-Petition, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/chart-vawa-t-u-sijs-daca/
• Identifying Forms of Immigration Relief Available for Battered Immigrant Victims** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1269
• Blue Card: Screening for Victims Who Qualify for Immigration Protective Relief (Squad Car Screening Tool)
  https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/screening-tool-victims-qualify
• Glossary of Terms for Work with Immigrant Survivors https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/glossary-of-terms/

Access of Justice and Crime Victims Protection

• On Their Own by Lauren Villagran for Searchlight New Mexico (June 4, 2019) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/on-their-own
• ICE Memo April 2019 Memo on Crime Victims https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ice-memo-april-2019-memo-on-crime-victims/
• Prosecutorial Discretion: Certain Victim, Witnesses and Plaintiffs https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/discretion-victims-witnesses-plaintiffs/
• US DOJ Memo Case Processing Priorities 01 31 2017 https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/us-doj-memo-case-processing-priorities-01-31-2017/
• The Central Role of Victim Advocacy for Victim Safety While Victims’ Immigration Cases Are Pending https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/1b-victim-advocacy-and-access-to-justice-6-18-14/
• Protection Orders and Battered Immigrants: The Impact of Attorneys and Advocates https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/battered-imms-cpo-advocacy/
• Promoting Access to Justice for Immigrant Crime Victims and Children: Findings of a National Judicial Survey and Recommendations https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/trends-in-state-courts-survey-findings/

Bibliography

• Immigrant Crime Victims Legal Bibliography (2013) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-crime-victims-legal-bibliography/
• Immigrant Crime Victims Social Science Bibliography (2013) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-crime-victim-ssocialscience-bibliography/

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