October 4, 2024 – Dallas Oregon: Best Practices for Responding to, Investigating, and Prosecuting Cases Involving Immigrant  Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence

PowerPoint Presentation

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
  • Tara Patet, Supervising Attorney, St. Paul City Attorney’s Office
  • Natasha Haunsperger, Officer, Office of Community Engagement, Chief’s Office, Portland Police Bureau

*Training Materials: Law Enforcement and Prosecutors (Last Updated – August 11, 2024)

If you are a law enforcement officer, prosecutor, or a victim advocate or other staff working for a law enforcement or prosecution agency and are working with immigrant victims and you would like to receive case specific technical assistance on immigration protections for immigrant survivors of domestic and sexual violence victims and their children, please call NIWAP for technical assistance. (202) 274-4457 or email us at info@niwap.org.

More tools for law enforcement and prosecution agencies are available in NIWAP’s web library

Law Enforcement and Prosecutor Round Tables:

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Community of Practice for Victim Advocates: Systems based victim advocates and other victim advocates working for law enforcement and prosecution agencies are encouraged to join NIWAP’s Victim Advocate Community of Practice which provides ongoing peer-to-peer learning opportunities to support victim advocates in their work with immigrant survivors. Sign up to join here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BBHR3X3

Law Enforcement, Prosecutor and Systems-Based Victim Advocate Podcast Series https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/niwap-podcast-series

For law enforcement and prosecutors on best practices and special issues that arise in working with immigrant victims. Includes discussions with law enforcement and prosecutor experts on the U visa and the T visa.

U-Visa Introduction (44 minutes)

An introduction to the U-Visa featuring Tara Patet, a prosecutor in St. Paul, MN, and Investigator Michael LaRiviere from the Salem, MA Police Department, along with Rocio Molina, Deputy Director of NIWAP. This podcast covers the basics and fundamentals about what a U-Visa is, including certification and the concept of “helpfulness.”

T-Visa Introduction (25 minutes)

An introduction to the T-Visa featuring Stacey Ivie, a Detective and Task Force Officer with the City of Alexandria, Va., police department, along with Leslye Orloff, Director of NIWAP.

U-Visa FAQ’s (22 minutes)

Frequently asked questions about the U-Visa featuring Stacey Ivie, a Detective, and Task Force Officer with the City of Alexandria, Va., police department. This podcast debunks some commonly-held myths and answers some common questions.

Certifying Early (32 minutes)

This podcast emphasizes the importance of certifying early in the U-Visa and T-Visa processes. Featuring Christopher Freeman, a prosecutor from Hennepin County, MN, and Jane Anderson, a former prosecutor who now works at Aequitas, a resource for prosecutors on violence against women.

Building Relationships

A two-part episode featuring Sgt. Inspector Tony Flores, San Francisco Police Department, Officer Irene Lee Klein, West Hartford, Connecticut, Police Department, and Sharla Jackson, Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of GA.

Part One – Best Practices Working with Immigrant Victims (26 minutes)

Focuses on Best Practices for Working with Immigrant Victims.

Part Two – Working with NGOs and Applying Trauma-Informed Practices (47 minutes)

NIWAP’s Technical Assistance for Law Enforcement, Prosecutors, and Systems-Based Victim Advocates

Forms of Immigration Relief and Screening Tools

Know Your Rights Information

Glossary of Terms for Work with Immigrant Survivors

Prosecutor’s Tools Enhancing Work with Immigrant Crime Victims

Department of Homeland Security Publications

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

Immigration Options for Immigrant Survivors – Manual Chapters

U and T Visas

Forms

U-Visa Forms

T-Visa Forms

Webinars

U Visa as a Crime-Fighting Tool

State U and T Visa Certification Laws

Webinars

VAWA Confidentiality, Discovery, and Courthouse Enforcement – Webinars

Stalking

Electronic Evidence

Links to YouTube Trainings

Electronic Evidence Materials

Best Practices and Collaborations

Blueprint Safety Materials

Language Access

Language Access Resources for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors from Technical Assistance Providers

Collaboration

VAWA Self-Petition

Public Benefits for Systems-Based and Other Victim Advocates

Dynamics of Domestic Violence Experienced by Immigrant Survivors

Trauma Informed Work with Immigrant Survivors

Focuses on working with NGOs and Applying Trauma-Informed Practices in work with immigrant survivors.

**If you have difficulty accessing this publication please contact for assistance NIWAP at (202) 274-4457 or info@niwap.org

Published October 3, 2024