Legal Rights Overviews and Brochures:
- DHS-Interactive-Infographic-on-Protections-for-Immigrant-Victims
- DHS Immigration Options for Victims of Crimes
- Multilingual Materials for Victims and Advocates
- Pathways to Immigration Relief for Students
- Information on Legal Rights Available to Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence in the United States and Facts about Immigrating on Marriage-Based Visas
- USCIS Brochure for Victims: Immigration Relief for Abused Children
- Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: Information for Juvenile Courts
- Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: Information for Child Welfare Workers
- USCIS Brochure: Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting
Legal Services Corporation Funded Assistance for Immigrant Victims
Statutes and Legislative History
- LSC Statutory Amendments: Violence Against Women Act Public Law 109-162 (January 5, 2006)
- VAWA 2005 Full Bill (January 5, 2006)
- VAWA 2005 – Legislative History of Legal Services for Immigrant Crime Victims Provisions (December 16, 2005)
- VAWA 2005 Section 104 in Full Bill: LSC Amendments (December 16, 2005)
- Catholic Charities Memo to LSC on Immigrant Victims (June 22, 2005)
- Durbin Amendment Text: LSC VAWA (July 1, 2004)
- LSC Testimony: Unmet Needs of Domestic Violence Victims for Legal Services (March 3, 1999)
- Kennedy Amendment Text in Appropriations Bill for FY 1997 (September 28, 1996)
- House of Representatives: Commerce Justice State Appropriations Report (July 16, 1996)
- Statement of Senator Edward Kennedy: Legal Services Kennedy Amendment to Exempt Battered Immigrants from LSC Funding Restrictions (June 26, 1996)
- Statute Imposing Restrictions on Representation of Immigrants by LSC Funded Programs (April 26, 1996)
- Kennedy Amendment Section 504 Appropriations Act FY 1997 (April 26, 1996)
- House Appropriations Legal Services and VAWA (July 25, 1995)
- Chronology of the Kennedy Legal Services Amendment
Media
- St. Petersburg Times Article: For Lack of Legal Services (June 16, 1996)
- New York Times Article: A Test of Congressional Conscience (June 9, 1996)
- Washington Post Article: Abused Immigrants Slain After Plea for Legal Services Help is Denied (June 5, 1996)
Regulations
- Advisory Opinion 2016-002 (Revised) Authorizing Representation of Noncitizen Parents and Guardians Seeking SIJS Predicate Orders for SIJS Eligible Immigrant Children (Mary 12, 2021)
- Legal Services Corporation Immigrant Representation Regulations 45 C.F.R. 1626 (April 18, 2014)
- Final LSC Regulations and Preamble (April 18, 2014)
- Comments to Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Proposed Rule Updates to the Legal Service Corporation Regulation on Legal Assistance to Aliens. 45 CFR Part 1626 – 79 Fed. Reg. 6859 (February 5, 2014)
- Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Legal Services Corporation – Immigrant Access Based on Anti-Abuse Laws or Immigration Status (February 5, 2014)
- Comments on Proposed Rule Updates to the Legal Service Corporation on Legal Assistance to Aliens. 45 CFR Part 1626 – 78 Fed. Reg. 51696 (August 21, 2013)
- LSC Proposed Regulation: Restrictions on Legal Assistance to Immigrants (August 21, 2013)
- LSC, Office of Legal Affairs – Part 1626 Citizenship or Alienage Inquiries and Statutory Exceptions to the Alienage Restrictions (December 4, 2009)
- 1997 LSC Kennedy Amendment Regulations (August 29, 1997)
- Comments to LSC Interim Rule on Battered Immigrant Access to LSC Funded Representation (May 14, 1997)
- Comments to LSC Interim Rule on Restrictions on Legal Assistance to Immigrants (October 27, 1996)
- 1996 LSC Regulations: Restrictions on Legal Assistance to Immigrants (August 29, 1996)
Policies
- LSC Permissibility of Providing Legal Services to Noncitizen Parents and Noncitizen Guardians of Children Seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (August 26, 2016)
- LSC Program Letter 14-2: Alien Eligibility Under 45 C.F.R. Part 1626 (May 19, 2014)
- Report to the Legal Services Corporation: Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Human Trafficking and Access to Legal Services (June 19, 2013)
- LSC Memorandum Regarding Hague Convention Cases (November 30, 2011)
- LSC Program Letter 06-2: Violence Against Women Act 2006 Amendments (February 21, 2006)
- LSC Finalizes “Kennedy Amendment” Provisions (September 15, 1997)
- LSC Program Letter 96-4: New Restrictions on LSC Grantees (November 22, 1996)
- Appendix to Regulations: Alien Eligibility for Representation by LSC-Funded Programs
Articles: Access to Legal Services for Immigrant Victims
NIWAP
- Who is Eligible to Receive Legal Services under the Anti-Abuse Laws (June 2016)
- Legal Services Access for All: Implementing the Violence Against Women Act of 2005 (January 31, 2015)
- Guide: Access to Publicly Funded Legal Services for Immigrant Survivors (October 1, 2014)
- Access to Legal Services for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Trafficking (2011)
- The Violence Against Women Act Now Ensures Legal Services for Immigrant Victims (January-February 2007)
- Opening a Door to Help: Legal Services Program’s Key Role in Representing Battered Immigrant Women and Children (May-June 2003)
- Survey Findings: Effects of Legal Services Cuts and Welfare Reform on Battered Women (July 10, 1996)
Newsletters
- September 2014
- Jan. – Apr. 2015: Legal Services Access for All: Implementing the Violence Against Women Act of 2005
- June 2016: LSC Newsletter
Public Benefits:
- Interactive Public Benefits Map
- State Public Benefits Charts
- Guide to Public Benefits Map
- Access to Public and Assisted Housing VAWA Self-Petitioners (January 26, 2017)
- Three Federal Agencies Issue Joint Agency Letter on Shelters and Traditional Housing (August 12, 2016)
- HUD, HHS, and DOJ Joint Letter on Public and Assisted Housing for VAWA Self-Petitioners
- Anti-Discrimination Provisions that Apply to Programs Receiving Federal Funding Serving Victims of Violence against Women Crimes (June 18, 2014)
- Programs Open to Immigrant Victims and All Immigrants Without Regard to Immigration Status (May 22, 2014)