Aug. 14-16, 2018: Biloxi, MS “Immigrant Survivors Legal Rights” and “Best Practices for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors”

At the 2018 “Advancing Strategies for a Safe & Healthy Community Conference,” NIWAP presented two workshops.

The first workshop, “Immigrant Survivors Legal Rights, Protections, Options, and Opportunities Under Immigration, Family and Public Benefits Laws” covered the wide-array of laws and statutes that protect immigrant victims of crime. It also covered immigration relief options that are available, and explained which state and federally funded public benefits immigrant crime victims that legally apply for and receive.

The second workshop, “Best Practices for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors: Immigrant Crime Victims, Language Access, and the U Visa,” covered a wide range of topics that included how law enforcement and prosecutors can better serve immigrant communities through improving language access resources and utilizing the U Visa. The training covered how investigations can be improved using language access tools and how to enhance officer, victim, and community safety by using language access and certification programs. It also covered how the U visa can help to hold offenders more accountable and how the U visa can increase victim safety and participation in the criminal justice system.

For more information on the conference, see below:

Training Materials

“Immigrant Survivors Legal Rights, Protections, Options, and Opportunities Under Immigration, Family and Public Benefits Laws” PowerPoint

“Best Practices for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors: Immigrant Crime Victims, Language Access, and the U Visa” PowerPoint

VAWA Confidentiality

Language Access

U-Visa

Family Law Materials- Custody and Protection Orders

 

Public Benefits

 

Published August 14, 2018

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