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Document Type: Amicus

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    Amicus in Cardenas v. Attorney General 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals (June 18, 2025)

    NIWAP, Legal Momentum, and the Tahirih Justice Center with the assistance of Haynes Boone submitted an amicus brief urging the Third Circuit to reverse the denial of VAWA cancellation of removal protections to Samuel Cardenas, arguing that VAWA covers abused immigrant children and stepchildren regardless whether the abuse was still occurring at the time of…

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    Amicus in In Re A-T-, Traore v. Mukasey (Apr. 15, 2008 4th Circuit)

    In this amicus brief argues that female genital mutilation (FGM) and the prospect of forced marriage are gender-based persecution for asylum.

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    DHS Sec. Supp. Brief (BIA Apr. 13, 2009)

    Supplemental Brief from the DHS regarding asylum applicant filing for withholding of removal under Convention Against Torture (CAT) based on past harm and fear of future harm from domestic violence recommending remand for petitioners to revise their particular social group (BIA Apr. 13, 2009).

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    Sample Amicus or Party Brief on VAWA Confidentiality Barring Discovery in a Family Court Case – Georgia

    Sample brief opposing discovery of VAWA confidentiality protected case files in a family court case based on and Amicus Curiae brief filed in a family court case in support of a Motion for a Protective Order before the Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia.

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    Sample Amicus Curiae or Party Brief of VAWA Confidentiality and Discovery in Family Court

    Sample redacted brief on VAWA Confidentiality opposing discovery of information on the existence of, actions taken in or information contained in a victim’s VAWA, U visa, or T via case file through state family court discovery motions.

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    Amicus in U.S. v. Moreno-Lopez (E.D. Tenn. June 7, 2010)

    Amicus brief in a case in which undocumented workers had been victims of extortion, when the workers complained to EEOC and the Department of Labor the employer retaliated by triggering the employees detention by the Department of Homeland Security. The workers filed and received U-visas as victims of extortion despite this fact, the U.S. attorney…

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    Amicus in Velasquez v. Miranda (Pa. Feb. 1, 2024)

    In a case before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on appeal from the judgement of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania NIWAP filed an amicus brief prepared by K & L Gates. NIWAP’s amicus brief identified legal errors made by a Pennsylvania judge who refused to issue Special Immigrant Juvenile Status judicial determinations to an immigrant child…

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    Amicus in Vigil v. Lynch (5th Cir. July 26, 2017)

    NIWAP filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of Maria Esterlina Perez Vigil, a victim of domestic violence, who had denied her request for asylum because she was able to move out the residence that she shared with the abuser. The brief discussed the dynamics of abusive relationships and explained that physical separation from an…

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    Amicus in Virginia v. Ferriero (D.D.C. July 1, 2020)

    NIWAP joined women’s groups from across the country represented by Winston and Strawn in an amicus brief filed in D.C. District court litigation brought by Attorneys General of Virginia, Illinois and Nevada supporting the Equal Rights Amendment (July 1, 2020).

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    Amicus in W.M.V.C. v. Sessions

    This amicus brief discussed that the same power dynamics that precipitate domestic violence in heterosexual marital relationships apply and are present in same-sex and non-extramarital relationships. It also discussed the that the same factors that make a woman unable to leave an abusive opposite-sex relationship also make a woman unable to leave an abusive same-sex…