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Law Enforcement and Prosecution Best Practices: Immigrant Crime Victims, Language Access and the U Visa
This presentation provides best practices for law enforcement and prosecutors working with immigrant crime victims. It articulates the intent and basic requirements of the U Visa, enhances victim and community safety and hold offenders accountable by utilizing immigration relief as a crime fighting tool, analyzes requests for assistance with immigration relief applications in the context…
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The U Visa: A Tool to Support Victims, Communities, and Increase Participation in the Criminal Justice System
This National Center for Victims of Crime training was given on October 8, 2021. The presentation covers identifying victims who may qualify for the U visa, understanding how the U visa strengthens law enforcement ability to detect, investigate, and prosecute crime, and enhancing victim participation in investigations and prosecutions.
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LEA Roundtable: Legal Immigration Relief for Victims of Sex and Labor Trafficking
Presentation for Law Enforcement and Prosecution Virtual Roundtable on “Legal Immigration Relief or Victims of Sex and Labor Trafficking”, hosted on January 30, 2026. This NIWAP presentation provided crucial information to law enforcement and prosecution professionals on immigrant victims of sex and labor trafficking. Apart from looking at various control tactics used by offenders, the presentation…
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State Court Judicial Role in Issuing Special Immigrant Juvenile States Finding and U Visa Certifications
This presentation for judges in New Mexico describes the role that state courts play in the Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) application process by issuing SIJS judicial determinations which are a prerequisite for a child to be able to file for SIJS immigration relief. It also describes the ways in which SIJS enhances court options…
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Jeopardy (Get to Know Your Flashdrive!)
Slides for the Judicial Training Network Jeopardy game. The game helped participants learn more about U Visas, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), Potpurri (mixed category), and Family Law.
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Impact of Immigration on Families: Intersection of Immigration and Criminal Law
The document explains how criminal convictions can lead to deportation, bar legal immigration or naturalization, and affect family sponsorship. It aims to help you identify ways in which immigration consequences arise from criminal activity and convictions, identify the impact of juvenile adjudications on children’s immigration relief options and status, understand how criminal activity and convictions…
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U and T Visas for Immigrant Victims of Crime and Trafficking: Best Practices in Responding to, Investigating and Prosecuting Cases Involving Immigrant Crime Victims Including Cases of Domestic and Sexual Violence
This training was given to a Maryland statewide audience on December 13, 2023. The training covers how Maryland law enforcement and prosecutors can hold offenders more accountable by using the U and T visa certification process as a crime fighting tool; enhancing victim safety and participation in the criminal justice system through certification; enhancing officer,…
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Timely Tools – Part II: Promoting Immigrant Survivor’s Access to Benefits, Health Care, and Protection Orders in Maine
This presentation helps victim advocates in Maine support immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking by outlining legal remedies (VAWA, U and T visas, SIJS), eligibility for public benefits, and access to protection orders, while promoting trauma-informed advocacy and collaboration with law enforcement, prosecutors, and courts.
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VAWA Confidentiality and Family Court Discovery
This presentation was given to the National Judicial Network on November 12, 2024, and explains the confidentiality protections under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as they apply to family court discovery, especially for immigrant victims of crime and abuse. It details federal statutes like 8 U.S.C. § 1367 that restrict state courts from disclosing…
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Child Labor Trafficking in the US: An Overview of Law & Policy, Research, and Opportunities for Action
This presentation outlines the history of involuntary servitude and labor trafficking in the U.S., current laws and politices responding to child labor trafficking, case examples, overview of research on children who have experienced labor trafficking, identification challenges and tips, and recommendations and implications for practice.
National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project