This plenary highlights what every state court judge needs to know to promote access to justice and fairness when immigration law issues arise in state court cases involving litigants, victims of crime or abuse, and children who are immigrants or live in immigrant families. Faculty provide an overview of the major forms of immigration relief that Congress created to protect immigrant victims of domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, human trafficking, sexual assault, and stalking and identify how access to public benefits, services, and supports grow as eligible immigrant victims and their children pursue victim-based forms of immigration relief.
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Immigration Relief for Victims of Crime and Abuse
Domestic Violence and Involuntary Servitude as Human Trafficking (August 17, 2023)
U Visa Certification
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office U Visas and T Visas Certification Policy (March 7, 2024)
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Training Materials (October 7, 2024)
VAWA Confidentiality
Family Law
Immigrants and Protection Orders Bench Card (March 30, 2019)
Bench Card: Impact of Divorce on Immigration Status (December 28, 2021)
Affidavits of Support and Enforceability Bench Card (June 13, 2024)
State v. Maria L. The Nebraska Supreme Court (April 8 2009)
All State Family Law Service of Process and Jurisdiction Charts (October 20, 2021)
Immigrant Victim Access to Public Benefits in Oregon
Access to State-Funded Public Benefits in Oregon for Survivors (last updated October 7, 2024)
Interactive State-by-State Public Benefits Map
Evidence Based Research
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