October 31, 2024: Concord, NH “Best Practices: Responding to, Investigating, and Prosecuting Cases of Domestic and Sexual Violence Involving Immigrant Crime Victims and Survivors”

PowerPoint Presentation

Law Enforcement and Prosecutor Agency Training Materials (Full List)

Description

Immigrant victims of crime are often reluctant to call police for help or to participate in the criminal justice process. In cases involving domestic and sexual violence the barriers are compounded, as victims often face immigration-related abuse and threats of deportation. This training will provide law enforcement, prosecutors, systems-based and community-based victim advocates, attorneys, and child welfare workers, with information on the U and T visa programs, including how these programs stabilize victims and improve victim and community safety by increasing victims’ justice system participation, which enhances offender accountability. Participants will also learn prosecution best practices in the context of immigrant victim and offender dynamics, including pretrial and trial strategies to counter common defenses in cases involving immigrant victims of crime.

Faculty

  • Leslye E. Orloff, Adjunct Professor and Director, National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project, American University, Washington College of Law
  • Bob Frechette, Chief Investigator, Strafford County, New Hampshire Attorney’s Office
  • Jane Anderson, Senior Attorney Advisor, AEquitas
  • Kate Semple Barta, Director, Legal Services Program, Attorney, Immigration Legal Services, WISE

New Hampshire’s Public Benefits

Forms of Immigration Relief and Screening Tools

Know Your Rights Information

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), U Visa and T Visa Legislative History

Department of Homeland Security Publications

U and T Visas

U Visa as a Crime-Fighting Tool

VAWA Confidentiality

Language Access

Trauma Informed Work with Immigrant Survivors

Prosecutor’s Tools Enhancing Work with Immigrant Crime Victims

Published October 29, 2024