All NIWAP Social Science Research

Immigration Remedies and Effects

• Transforming Lives: How the VAWA Self-Petition and the U Visa Change the Lives of Victims and Their Children After Work Authorization and Legal Immigration Status (June 14, 2021)
• Early Access to Work Authorization For VAWA Self-Petitioners and U Visa Applicants (February 12, 2014)
• Violence Experiences of Recent Entrants to California During a Period of Increased Migration: Stories From Providers (June14, 2024)
• VAWA Self-Petitioning Research Data Excerpts (February 12, 2014)
• Barriers and Successes in U Visas for Immigrant Victims: The Experiences of Legal Assistance for Victims Grantees (July 23, 2014)
• Early Access to Work Authorization For VAWA Self-Petitioners and U Visa Applicants (February 12, 2014)
• Survey Report on Access to Public and Assisted Housing for VAWA Self-petitioners, their Children, and Trafficking Victims (June 2, 2014)
• U-Visa Victims and Lawful Permanent Residency Survey of Advocates and Attorneys (September 6, 2012)
• National Survey on Types Of Criminal Activities Experienced By U-Visa Recipients (November 29, 2011)
• Moving Battered Spouse Waiver Adjudications to the VAWA Unit: A Call for Consistency and Safety National Survey Findings Highlights (October 18, 2021)
• Report to the Legal Services Corporation: Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Human Trafficking and Access to Legal Services (June 19, 2013)
• Battered Immigrants and U.S. Citizen Spouses (April 24, 2006)
• U-Visa Legal Advocacy: Overview of Effective Policies and Practices (December 12, 2013)
• The Roles of Culture, Context, and Legal Immigrant Status on Intimate Partner Violence (March, 2002)
• Battered Immigrant Women in the United States and Protection Orders: An Exploratory Research (August 1, 2012)
• Violence Against Immigrant Women and Systemic Responses: An Exploratory Study (May, 2003)
• Characteristics of help-seeking behaviors, resources and service needs of battered immigrant Latinas: Legal and policy implications. (Summer, 2000)
• Use and Outcomes of Protection Orders by Battered Immigrant Women: Revised Final Technical Report (November 10, 2006)
• Experiences of Immigrant Women Who Self-Petition Under the Violence Against Women Act (August 2, 2010)
• Stories From the Field: The Crime Fighting Effectiveness of the U Visa (August 23, 2021)
• ACLU Freezing Out Justice Report (2018)
• Immigrant Victims of Interpersonal Violence and Protection Orders (2020)
• Impact of VOCA Funding Restrictions for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence (October 1, 2015)  

Access to Public Benefits

• Access to Emergency Shelters and Transitional Housing for Battered Immigrants and Immigrant Victims of Crime (June 3, 2014)
• Transforming Lives: How the VAWA Self-Petition and the U Visa Change the Lives of Victims and Their Children After Work Authorization and Legal Immigration Status (June 14, 2021)
• National Survey on Timing of Access to Work Authorization by Immigrant Victims VAWA Self-Petitioners and U-Visa Applicants (September 28, 2011)

Law Enforcement

• Promoting Access to Justice for Immigrant and Limited English Proficient Crime Victims in an Age of Increased Immigration Enforcement: Initial Report from a 2017 National Survey (May 3, 2018)
• Promoting Access to Justice for Immigrant crime Victims and Children: Findings of a National Judicial Survey and Policy Recommendations (2018)
• Overcoming Fear and Building Trust with Immigrant Communities and Crime Victims (April, 2018)
• The Importance of the U-visa as a Crime-Fighting Tool for Law Enforcement Officials (December 3, 2012)
• Calls to police and police response: A case study of Latina immigrant women in the USA (December 1, 2005)
• National Survey of Service Providers on Police Response to Immigrant Crime Victims, U Visa Certification and Language Access (April 16, 2013)

Courts

• Understanding the Significance of a Minor’s Trauma History in Family Court Rulings (May 18, 2021)
• Serving Limited English Proficient (LEP) Battered Women: A National Survey of the Courts’ Capacity to Provide Protection Orders (June 30, 2006)

Advocates

• The Central Role of Victim Advocacy for Victim Safety While Victims’ Immigration Cases Are Pending (July 29, 2014)

Student Visas

• National Findings on University and College Responses to Foreign-Born Student Victims – Executive Summary (October 27, 2016)
• National Findings on University and College Responses to Foreign-born Student Victims (October4 27, 2016)
• When Foreign Students or Their Family Members are Sexually Assaulted: Immigration Implications of the Student and Exchange Visitor System (July 1, 2014)