This workshop provides judges and court staff with authoritative information on the role of state court judges in cases involving immigrant children. The specific roles state court judges play “Special Immigrant Juvenile Status” and U-visa cases were discussed as was how these and other protections from deportation can be important in state family and juvenile court matters.
Presentation:
Protection for Immigrant Children: SIJS and Beyond
Judicial Training and Technical Assistance
Technical Assistance to Judges and Court Staff
Immigration: VAWA, T Visas, U Visas, Prosecutorial Discretion
- The Department of Homeland Security’s Interactive Infographic on Protections for Immigrant Victims
- DHS: Infographic “Protection for Immigrant Victims
- Immigration Options for Victims of Crime -DHS Brochure
- U Visa Certification Tool Kit for Federal, State, and Local Judges, Commissioners, and Magistrates
- U and T Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide DHS published resource guide for law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, and other certifying officials
- Bench Card: Overview of Types of Immigration Status
- Bench Card: DHS Enforcement Priorities Information for State Court Judges
- Family Court Bench Card on Immigration Rights of Battered Spouses, Children and Immigrant Crime Victims
Language Access
- DOJ Letter to State Chief Justices and State Court Administrators on Access for Limited English Proficient Persons to State Court Proceedings
- Judicial Bench Card for Court Interpretation
Immigration allegations in custody, protection order and divorce
- Family Court Bench Card on Issues that Arise in Custody Cases Involving Immigrant Parents, Children, and Crime Victims
- Immigrants and Protection Orders Bench Card
- Battering or Extreme Cruelty Drawing Examples from Civil Protection Orders and Family Law Cases
- Bench card on Common Issues that Arise from Parties’ Immigration Status; Economic Remedies
- Immigration Status, Work Authorization, and Ability to Sponsor Children
- Custody of Children in Mixed Status Families: Preventing the Misunderstanding and Misuse of Immigration Status in State-Court Custody Proceedings
- How to get a Detained Person to Court for Family Court Cases Involving Children and/ or Criminal Proceedings
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Child Abuse & Protective Battered Immigrant Parents
- USCIS Policy Manual for Adjudicators on SIJS
- Immigration Relief for Abused Children; Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: DHS Brochure for State Court and Child Welfare Workers
- Abused, Abandoned, or Neglected: Legal Options for Recent Immigrant Women and Girls (August 2016)
- Understanding the Significance of a Minor’s Trauma History in Family Court Rulings: Implicationas for Cases of Immigrant Children and Youth Factsheet
- Immigration Protection Screening Checklist: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
- State Proceedings in Which Courts Can Enter Findings and Orders Needed by Children Filing for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Protections
- Immigration Relief for Abused Children (brochure)
- Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: Information for Juvenile Courts
- Special Immigrant Juvenile Status; Information for Child Welfare Workers
- Comparison Chart of VAWA, U, and SIJS
Public Benefits Access of Immigrant Victims
- Public Benefits Bench Card
- VAWA Public Benefits Eligibility Process: VAWA Self-petitioners, VAWA Cancellation of Removal, and VAWA Suspension of Deportation
- U Visa Victims Benefits Eligibility Process (Bench Card)
- Trafficking Victims Benefits Eligibility Process (Bench Card)
- Access to Publicly Funded Legal Services for Battered Immigrants
- Programs Open to Immigrant Victims and All Immigrants Without Regard to Immigration Status
VAWA Confidentiality
Human Trafficking