Webinar: When State Family Law and Federal Immigration Laws Intersect: Promoting Access to the Courts and Just Outcomes for Immigrants (September 15, 2017)
Identifying Barriers — Implementing Solutions: The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Immigration in the Civil Arena (November 30 – December 1, 2017) Albuquerque, New Mexico
Dynamics of Domestic Violence and Legal Options for Immigrant Survivors Plenaries
- Domestic Violence Dynamics and Legal Options in Cases Involving Immigrant Litigants
- Civil Case Types in Which Immigrant Litigants With Domestic Violence Dynamics Appear in State Courts
- State Court Actions That Intersect with Federal Immigration Matters: U Visa Certifications and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Findings
- Myths, Misconceptions, and Barriers Regarding Custody and Family Matters for Immigrant Litigants
Training Materials by Topic
Immigration Relief for Crime Victims and Children
Know Your Rights Information
- DHS Interactive Infographic on Protections for Immigrant Victims https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-protections1-6-links-121516
- Immigration Options for Victims of Crime -DHS Brochure https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-options-victims-of-crimes
- Multilingual Materials for Victims and Advocates https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/topic/multilingual-materials-language/
- Pathways to Immigration Relief for Students https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/screening-students-for-immigraiton-protections/
Dynamics of Domestic and Sexual Violence
- CH 01.1 Dynamics of Domestic Violence Experienced by Immigrant Victims https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/cult-man-ch1-1-dynamicsdomesticviolence2016/
- CH 01: Dynamics of Sexual Assault and the Implications for Immigrant Women https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch1-dynamics-sexual-assault-implications/
- The Central Role of Victim Advocacy for Victim Safety While Victims’ Immigration Cases Are Pending (July 29, 2014) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-qref-safetyplanning/
Forms of Immigration Relief
- Bench Card: Overview of Types of Immigration Status https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/bchcrd-immstatustypes
- Family Court Bench Card on Immigration Rights of Battered Spouses, Children and Immigrant Crime Victims https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/judg-tkit-bchcrdvictimsimmrights10-11-13
- Prosecutorial Discretion: Certain Victim, Witnesses and Plaintiffs https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/discretion-victims-witnesses-plaintiffs/
- Bench Card: DHS Enforcement Priorities Information for State Court Judges https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-qref-dhsenforcementpriorities-11-12-15
- Comparison Chart of U visa, T Visa, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Self-Petition, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/chart-vawa-t-u-sijs-daca/
- Identifying Forms of Immigration Relief Available for Battered Immigrant Victims** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1269
National Special Immigrant Juvenile Status – Bench Book https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/manual/sijs-benchbook/
Victim Protections in Immigration Enforcement
- Bench Card: DHS Enforcement Priorities: Policies and Memoranda Information for State Court Judges (March 31, 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/discretion-victims-witnesses-plaintiffs/
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement Victim Witness Prosecutorial Discretion Memo https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/discretion-victims-witnesses-plaintiffs/
- Civil Immigration Enforcement Actions Inside Courthouses (January 10, 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ice-courthouse-directive-2018/
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement January 2018 Courthouse Enforcement Policy and VAWA Confidentiality Protections for Immigrant Crime Victims (January 31, 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/courthouse-protections-and-crime-victims/
U Visa Certification
- U Visa Certification Tool Kit for Federal, State, and Local Judges, Commissioners, and Magistrates
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-certification-tool-kit-federal-state-local-judges-magistrates - U and T Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide DHS published resource guide for law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, and other certifying officials.
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uvisatoolkit_ah-3-21-17 - U-Visa: “Helpfulness” Checklist https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uvisa-helpfulness-chcklist/
- State Laws
- California: U Visa Certification Law (2016)- Statute and Fact Sheet https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/california-sb-674-u-cert-law/
- Connecticut: U Visa Certification Law (2010) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/connecticut-u-cert-laws/
Prosecutor’s Training Materials
- What’s Immigration Status Got to Do with It? Prosecution Strategies for Cases Involving Undocumented Victims https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/pretrial-strategies-7-24-17-final-with-logos/
- VAWA Confidentiality and Criminal Cases: How Prosecutors Should Respond to Discovery Attempts for Protected Information https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/discovery-and-vawa-confidentiality-tool-final-7-24-17/
- Certifying Early: When Should You Sign a U or T Visa Certification for a Victim? https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/certifying-early-7-24-17-final-w-logo/
- Quick Reference Guide for Prosecutors: U Visa and VAWA Confidentiality Related Case Law https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/case-law-quick-reference-tool-7-24-17-final-w-logo/
- VAWA Confidentiality Statues, Legislative History and Implementing Policy https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-confidentiality-statutes-leg-history/
VAWA Self-Petition
- VAWA Self-Petitioning Flow Chart for Child Applicants https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-flow-chart-child/
- Flowchart: VAWA Self-Petitioning Eligibility for Elder Abuse Survivors https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/flowchart-vawa-selfpet-elder-abuse/
- Flowchart: VAWA Self-Petitioning Eligibility for Adults https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/flowchart-vawa-selfpet-adults
- Battering or Extreme Cruelty: Drawing Examples from Civil Protection Order and Family Law Cases https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/extreme-cruelty-examples-protection-order/
Human Trafficking
- Blue Campaign: What You Can Do- Recognizing and Supporting Trafficking Victims in the Courtroom https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/bc-pamphlet-judicial-english
- Sample Questions for Identifying a Trafficked/Enslaved Person https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-qref-identifying-trafficking
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Child Abuse & Protective Battered Immigrant Parents
- Immigration Protection Screening Checklist: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-sijs-checklist
- Abused, Abandoned, or Neglected: Legal Options for Recent Immigrant Women and Girls (August 2016) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/legal-options-recent-imm-women-and-girls
- State Proceedings in Which Courts Can Enter Findings and Orders Needed by Children Filing for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Protections https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/state-proceedings-sijs
- Immigration Relief for Abused Children (brochure) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscis_sijs_brochure
- Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: Information for Juvenile Courts https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscis-sijs-for-courts
- Special Immigrant Juvenile Status; Information for Child Welfare Workers https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscis-sijs-info-for-childwelfareworkers
- Comparison Chart of VAWA, U, and SIJS https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/comparison-chart-vawa-u-sijs
- 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
Language Access
- DOJ Letter to State Chief Justices and State Court Administrators on Access for Limited English Proficient Persons to State Court Proceedings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/escorting-detained-parents-court/
- Judicial Bench Card for Court Interpretation https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ncsc-bench-card-language-access
- Serving Limited English Proficient Immigrant Victims** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1269
Family Law Cases: Special Issues for Immigrant Crime Victims and Children
Custody
- Family Court Bench Card on Issues that Arise in Custody Cases Involving Immigrant Parents, Children, and Crime Victims https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/common-imm-issues-custody-cases
- Custody of Children in Mixed Status Families: Preventing the Misunderstanding and Misuse of Immigration Status in State-Court Custody Proceedings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/mixed-status-fams-child-custody
- How to get a Detained Person to Court for Family Court Cases Involving Children and/ or Criminal Proceedings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/detained-parent-to-court
- Obtaining Custody of Children for Battered Immigrants** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1270
- Chapter 06.1: Countering Abuser’s Attempts to Raise Victim’s Immigration Status in Custody Cases https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch6-1-counterabuserraisingimmstatus/
- Chapter 06.3: The Implications of the Hague International Child Abduction Convention: Cases and Practice https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch6-3-hagueintlchildabduction/
Protection Orders
- Immigrants and Protection Orders Bench Card 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/
- Battered Immigrant Women in the United States and Protection Orders: An Exploratory Research https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/battered-women-protection-order-research/
- Chapter 05.3: Jurisdictionally Sound Civil Protection Orders https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch5-3-jurisdictionallysound-cpos/
Economic Relief
- Bench card on Common Issues that Arise from Parties’ Immigration Status; Economic Remedies https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/guide-judges-economic-remedies
- Immigration Status, Work Authorization, and Ability to Sponsor Children https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/fam-chart-immstatus
- Providing Economic Relief for Immigrant Victims: Child Support and Spousal Support** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1270
- Immigration Concerns for Family Law Practitioners https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/family-law-journal-immigration-concerns-for-family-law-practitioners/
- Till Death Do us Part – Affidavits of Support https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/til-death-do-us-part/
- Additional information on Affidavits of Support https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/topic/family-law/economic-relief/affidavits-of-support/
Child Abuse, Neglect and Termination of Parental Rights
- Protecting Parental Rights When the Immigrant Parent is Detained or Deported** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1270
- Case of Maria L.** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1269
Public Benefits Access of Immigrant Victims
- Public Benefits Bench Card https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/pb-bchcrd-pubbenefits
- VAWA Public Benefits Eligibility Process: VAWA Self-petitioners, VAWA Cancellation of Removal, and VAWA Suspension of Deportation https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-eligibility-process
- U Visa Victims Benefits Eligibility Process (Bench Card) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-benefits-benchcard
- Trafficking Victims Benefits Eligibility Process (Bench Card) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/bchcrd-trafficking-victim-benefits-eligibility-process
- Joint Agency Letter on Shelters and Transitional Housing https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/joint-agency-letter-shelters-transitional-housing/
- Access to Publicly Funded Legal Services for Battered Immigrants https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/lsc-tool-accesspubliclyfundedls
- Access to Public and Assisted Housing VAWA Self-Petitioners –Webpage (January 26, 2017) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/access-public-assisted-housing-vawa-self-petitioners/
- Programs Open to Immigrant Victims and All Immigrants Without Regard to Immigration Status https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/programs-open-to-all-immigrants
- Anti-Discrimination Provisions that Apply to Programs Receiving Federal Funding Serving Victims of Violence against Women Crimes https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/pb-tool-antidiscrimlaws/
- Immigrant Crime Victims and Public Charge https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-tkit-publicchargepostvawa2013/
VAWA Confidentiality
- Family Court Bench Card on VAWA Confidentiality
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/pdf/CONF-VAWA-BchCrd-FamCtConfidentiality-10.11.2013.pdf - VAWA Confidentiality Protections for Immigrant Crime Victims (Webpage) (February 23, 2017)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/vawa-confidentiality-materials-tools/ - VAWA Confidentiality Webinar (February 9, 2015) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/vawa-confidentiality-webinar/
- Enhanced Safety Planning for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence Webinar: Early Identification of Victims and VAWA Confidentiality (February 24, 2017) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/early-identification-victims-vawa-confidentiality/
- Interlineated statute:
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-confidentiality-interliniated/ - VAWA Confidentiality Statutes, Legislative History and Implementing Policy (4.2.18)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-confidentiality-statutes-leg-history/ - All DHS Directive on VAWA Confidentiality Implementation which included and explains the annual requirement for training taking the FLTEC and DHS developed on line course ‘VAWA Confidentiality and Immigration Relief: https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/implementation-section-1367/
- All DHS VAWA confidentiality instruction: https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/implementation-of-section-1367-all-dhs-instruction-002-02-001/
- DHS Broadcast Code of Admission for VAWA confidentiality protected cases the DHS computerized red flag system for cases that have already been filed: https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-broadcast-class-admission-code/
- ICE and OPLA VAWA confidentiality operations memos: https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/iceopla-vawa-confidentiality-2007-foia/
- DHS Civil Rights Civil Liberties Complaint instructions for violation investigations: https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/conf-vawa-gov-dhscomplaintinstrts-2008/
- CRCL Complaint form (general use)
https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-crclcomplaintform/ - Memorandum: Non-disclosure and Other Prohibitions Relating to Battered Aliens: IIRIRA 384 https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/conf-vawa-gov-insconfvawamemo-05-05-1997/
- Executive Office of Immigration Review EOIR: VAWA Confidentiality Procedures for Immigration Court https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/operating-policies-procedures-memorandum-no-97-7-procedures-identifying-potential-battered-spouse-battered-child-cases/
- Three Prongs of VAWA Confidentiality https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/conf-vawa-bro-3prongsofconfidentiality/
- Chapter 3.2: VAWA Confidentiality and Breaches of Confidentiality https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch3-2-vawa-confidentiality/
- Service Provider Confidentiality Safeguards: Best Practices https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/service-provider-confidentiality-safeguards/
- Advocate’s Guide to Immigrant Survivors’ Rights and Protections (2013) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/advocates-guide-rights-protections/
- Chapter 3 of Empowering Survivors: VAWA Confidentiality, History, Purpose, DHS Implementation, and Violations of VAWA Confidentiality Protections https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch3-vawa-confidentiality-history-purpose/
- Newsletter on VAWA Confidentiality
- https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/niwap-newsletter-january-2015-vawa-confidentiality/
- Family Court Bench Card on VAWA Confidentiality https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/family-court-bench-card-vawa-confidentiality/
- Preparing Victims for Encounters with DHS** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1269
- Utilizing VAWA Confidentiality Protections in Family Court Proceedings** https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1270
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