Language Access

• DOJ Letter to State Courts on Language Access
• Bench Card: Court Interpretation in Protection Order Hearings

Forms of Immigration Relief

• Bench Card: Overview of Types of Immigration Status
• Family Court Bench Card on Immigration Rights of Battered Spouses, Children, and Immigrant Crime Victims
• Bench Card: DHS Enforcement Priorities Information for State Court Judges

Immigration allegations in Custody Cases

• Family Court Bench Card on Issues that Arise in Custody Cases Involving Immigrant Parents, Children, and Crime Victims
• Custody of Children in Mixed Status Families: Preventing the Misunderstanding and Misuse of Immigration Status in State-Court Custody Proceedings
• Winning Custody Cases for Immigrant Survivors: the Clash of Laws, Cultures, Custody and Parental Rights
• How to Get a Detained Person to Court for Family Court Cases Involving Children and/or Criminal Proceedings
• State by State Comparison of Best Interests of the Child Factors – Comparison Charts and Maps
• Immigration Status: Work Authorization, Public Benefits and Ability to Sponsor Children
• Justice for All: How Attorneys Can Successfully Win Custody Cases for Immigrant Survivors When There Is a Clash of Laws, Cultures, Custody, and Parental Rights
• Chapter 06.1: Countering Abuser’s Attempts to Raise Victim’s Immigration Status in Custody Cases
• Chapter 06.3: The Implications of the Hague International Child Abduction Convention: Cases and Practice
• Border Crossings: Understanding the Civil, Criminal, and Immigration Implications for Battered Immigrants Fleeing Across State Lines with Their Children
• NIWAP October 2018 Custody Newsletter (October 19, 2018)

Children, Brain Development Science, and Trauma

• Vulnerable but not Broken: Psychosocial Challenges and Resilience Pathways in Unaccompanied Children from Central America 

• Understanding the Significance of a Minor’s Trauma history in Family Court Rulings
• Board of Immigration Appeals Decision on Regarding Children, Brain Development and Trauma (May 22, 2017)
• Board of Immigration Appeals Amicus Brief on Recent Research Concerning the Neurobiological, Cognitive, and Psychological Development of Children and Adolescents (July 11, 2016) 

Civil Protection Orders and Immigrant Victims

• Bench Card: Immigrants and Protection Orders
• Battering or Extreme Cruelty: Drawing Examples from Civil Protection Order and Family Law Cases
• Chapter 05.1: Battered Immigrants and Civil Protection Orders
• Chapter 05.2: Ensuring Access to Protection Orders for Immigrant Victims of Family Violence
• Chapter 14: Protection Orders for Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault
• Battered Immigrant Women in the United States and Protection Orders: An Exploratory Research

Child Welfare Proceedings

• July 9, 2019: What Courts Want to Know, What Role Can Courts Play Regarding Detained Immigrant Children and Parents (webinar)
• Protecting Parental Rights When the Immigrant Parent is Detained or Deported**
• Case of Maria **
• States Definitions of Child Abuse and Neglect 
• Fact Sheet on State v. Maria L. 
• In Re Interest of Angelica L. and Daniel L. (N.W.2d) 
• Toolkit: Detention and Termination of Parental Rights 
• Immigration in Child Welfare System Case Studies 
• Guide for State Courts in Cases Involving Unaccompanied Immigrant Children 
• Unaccompanied Immigrant Children And The State Courts 
• HHS: Immigration and Child Welfare 
• Immigrant Families and Child Welfare Systems: Emerging Needs and Promising Policies 
• NCJFCJ Deportation and Children 
• SYNERGY: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Intersection of Immigration Enforcement and the Child Welfare System 
• The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Child Welfare 

U Visa Certification by Judges

• 30, 2018: U Visa Certifications and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: The Judge’s Role – Webinar National Judicial College (Webinar) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/11-30-webinaruvisasijs
• U Visa Certification Toolkit for Federal, State and Local Judges Commissioners, Magistrates and Other Judicial Officers (Nov. 11, 2019) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-toolkit-for-judges
• DHS U and T Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-updated-u-certification-resource-guide-2015/
• U Visa Quick Reference for Judges (September 4, 2018)  https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-quick-reference-guide-for-judges 
• Understanding the Judicial Role in U-Visa Certification, American Journal of Family Law https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/judicial-role-u-visa-cert/
• U-Visa: “Helpfulness” Checklist https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uvisa-helpfulness-chcklist/
• Immigrant Crime Victims and U Visa Certification – What is it and Why Should Judges Care? (National) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/national-uvisa-judicial-training-update/
• Immigrant Crime Victims and U Visa Certification – What is it and Why Should Judges Care? (Minnesota) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/minnesota-uvisa-judicial-training-update/
• U Visa Certification by Judges: Minnesota Board of Judicial Standards Opinion https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/mn-broard-judicial-standards-opinion-2015-2-final/
• National Survey on Types of Criminal Activities: Experienced By U-Visa Recipients https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-criminal-activities-survey/
• Expert Advice for Judges: How to Handle U Visa Certification Requests (Webinar) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/december-1-2014-expert-advice-for-judges-webinar/
• State Laws https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/state-u-visa-certification-laws/ 

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status

• The Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Bench Book: A National Guide to Best Practice for Judges and Courts (April 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/sijs-bench-book-complete
• Representing Undocumented Children Who Have Been Abused, Neglected, or Abandoned(Special Immigrant Juvenile Status)**https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1270
• Factors That Can Demonstrate That It is Not in a Child’s Best Interests to be Returned to Their Home Country (October 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/best-interest-not-to-return
• Immigration Protection Screening Checklist: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-sijs-checklist
• Types of Proceedings in Which State Courts Can Make Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Findings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-j-types-of-proceedings-sijs-findings-12-20-17/
• Grounds of Inadmissibility for Special Immigrant Juveniles https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/inadmissibility-sijs-ilrc/
• Webinar: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status – Best Practices of Drafting Findings. https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/may2019sijs/

VAWA Confidentiality and Family Court Discovery

• VAWA Confidentiality Webinar (February 9, 2015)
  https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/vawa-confidentiality-webinar/
• Family Court Bench Card on VAWA Confidentiality https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/family-court-bench-card-vawa- confidentiality
• Utilizing VAWA Confidentiality Protections in Family Court Proceedings**https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1270
• Quick Reference Guide for Judges: VAWA Confidentiality and Discovery Related Case Law https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/judges-vawa-confidentiality-cases-and-discovery/
• Court Rulings Confirm Federal VAWA Confidentiality Protections Bar Discovery of VAWA Confidentiality Protected Information in State Family Court Proceedings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/conf-vawa-tool-hawkedemajfactsheet/
• Quick Reference: VAWA Confidentiality Protections: Quoting Statutes, Regulations and DHS Policies 3.29.19 https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/federal-law-quotes-vawa-confidentiality-protections_3-29-19/
• VAWA Confidentiality Protections for Immigrant Crime Victims (Webpage) (February 23, 2017) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/vawa-confidentiality-materials-tools/
• Interlineated statute https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-confidentiality-interliniated/
• VAWA Confidentiality Statutes, Legislative History and Implementing Policy (2.23.17) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-confidentiality-statutes-leg-history/

VAWA Confidentiality and Courthouse Enforcement Policies

• Civil Immigration Enforcement Actions Inside Courthouses (January 10, 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/courthouse-protections-and-crime-victims

• Impact of DHS Enforcement Priorities on Courts: VAWA Confidentiality and Enforcement” (Webinar)(August 21, 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/jffnm2018/

• VAWA Confidentiality Protections, Courthouse Enforcement, and Sensitive Location Policies at a Glance (3.29.19) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/5A-Victims-and-Protected-Locations-Policies-3.29.19-leo-zbp-PRINTED.pdf

• Immigration and Customs Enforcement January 2018 Courthouse Enforcement Policy and VAWA Confidentiality Protections for Immigrant Crime Victims https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/courthouse-protections-and-crime-victims/

• Courthouse Immigration Enforcement: Steps State Courts Are Taking (2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/courthouse-immigration-enforcement-steps-courts-are-taking-10-10-18

• February 2018 Newsletter: New ICE Policies on Courthouse Enforcement and VAWA Confidentiality https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/niwap-feb-newsletter/

Civil Protection Orders and Immigrant Victims

• Bench Card: Immigrants and Protection Orders https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/bench-card-imm-protection-orders
• Battering or Extreme Cruelty: Drawing Examples from Civil Protection Orders and Family Law Cases https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/extreme-cruelty-examples-protection-order
• Seeking Protection Orders for Immigrant Victims^** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1269
• Chapter 05.1: Battered Immigrants and Civil Protection Orders https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch5-1-imm-civil-protection-orders/
• Creative Methods in Protecting Battered Immigrants https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/creative-cpo-batimms/
• Chapter 05.2: Ensuring Access to Protection Orders for Immigrant Victims of Family Violence https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch5-2-access-protection-orders/
• Chapter 05.3: Jurisdictionally Sound Protection Orders https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch5-3-jurisdictionallysound-cpos
• Chapter 14: Protection Orders for Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch14-protectionorders-sa/
• Unintended Consequences: How Civil Protection Orders Affect Immigrants, Delaware Lawyer’s Magazine https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/delaw-fall-2018
• Battered Immigrant Women in the United States and Protection Orders: An Exploratory Research https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/battered-women-protection-order-research/
• Use and Outcomes of Protection Orders by Battered Immigrant Women https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/fam-gov-nijtechnicalreportprotectionorders11-10-06

Divorce

• Bench Card: Impact of Divorce on Immigration Status https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/divorce-bench-card/

Economic Relief in family Court – Child Support, Enforcement of Affidavits of Support, Spousal Support and Other Economic Remedies

• State Court Bench Card: Immigration Victim’s Economic Remedies https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/guide-judges-economic-remedies
• Immigration Status: Work Authorization, Public Benefits and Ability to Sponsor Children https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/fam-chart-immstatus
• Immigration Concerns for Family Law Practitioners https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/family-law-journal-immigration-concerns-for-family-law-practitioners/

• Chapter 06.4: Ensuring Economic Relief for Immigrant Victims Through Family Law Proceedings: Child Support and Spousal Support https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch6-4-ensuring-econ-relief/

• Providing Economic Relief for Immigrant Victims: Child Support and Spousal Support^** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1270

• Providing Economic Relief for Immigrant Victims: Child Support and Spousal Support**https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1270
• ‘Til Death Do Us Part: Affidavits of Support and Obligations to Immigrant Spouses https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/Til-Death-Do-Us-Part-Final-PDF.pdf
• Kumar v. Kumar Decision (2017) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/A145181.PD-Kumar-v-Kumar-Decision-CA-App.pdf
• Amicus Curiae brief from National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project in Support of Appellant Ashlyne Kumar https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/NIWAP-Amicus-Brief-in-Support-of-Appeal.pdf

Public Benefits Access of Immigrant Victims

• Public Benefits Bench Card https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/pb-bchcrd-pubbenefits
• Public Benefits Map https://map.niwap.org/
• State by State public benefits charts – by immigrant victim case type and benefits program https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/all-state-public-benefits-charts/
• Family Court Bench Card on Immigrant Crime Victim’s and Immigrant Children’s Access to Public Benefits and Services https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMM-BchCrd-PublicBenefitsAccessFamilyCourt-06.13.14

Securing Attendance of a Detained Parent at Court

• How to Get a Detained Person to Court for Family Court Cases Involving Children https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/getting-a-detained-parent-to-court/

• DHS Detained Parent Directive https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ice-detained-parent-directive-may-5018/

• DHS Fact Sheet ICE Policies and Procedures Involving Detained Parents and Legal Guardians https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/factsheetdetainedparents/

This publication was developed under grant number SJI-20-E-005 from the State Justice Institute. The points of view expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the State Justice Institute.