Training Materials

November 2, 2017 in Peoria, IL

Protection of Immigrant Crime Victims and Children: State Court’s Role

Faculty Biographies: Faculty Biographies Peoria Training 11.2.17

Agenda: Agenda_Peoria Training_Judges_11.2.17

Slideshow:  Peoria Training_Judges_ProtectionofImmigrantCrimeVictimsandChildren_Slides 11.2.17

 

Best Practices for Serving Immigrant Crime Victims: Law Enforcement, Prosecution, and Protection Orders 

Faculty Biographies: Faculty Biographies Peoria Training 11.2.17

Agenda: Agenda_Peoria Training_LEA Prosecutors 11.2.17

Slideshow:  Peoria Training_LEAProsecutorsPO_BestPracticesforServingImmigrantCrimeVictims_Slides 11.2.17

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/

     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

     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/

     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/lang-gov-doj-courts-letter08-16-10
• 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/

     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/

     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/

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 (2.23.17)
  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

^**If you have difficulty accessing this publication please contact for assistance NIWAP at (202) 274-4457 or info@niwap.org

 

Best Practices for Serving Immigrant Crime Victims: Law Enforcement, Prosecution, and Protection Orders 

Faculty Biographies: Faculty Biographies Peoria Training 11.2.17

Agenda: Agenda_Peoria Training_LEA Prosecutors 11.2.17

Slideshow:  Peoria Training_LEAProsecutorsPO_BestPracticesforServingImmigrantCrimeVictims_Slides 11.2.17

 

Prosecutor’s Tools Enhancing Work With Immigrant Crime Victims

• 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/

 

U Visa Toolkit and Department of Homeland Security Resource Guide

• DHS: U and T Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide   https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-updated-u-certification-resource-guide-2015
• U-Visa Toolkit for Law Enforcement Agencies and Prosecutors   https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uvisatoolkit_ah-3-21-17

 

U and T visas

• USCIS U Visa Certification Factsheet Q&A https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-relief-victims-trafficking-and-other 
• DHS: Instructions for Form I-914, Supplement B https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/i-916-supplement-b-instructions
• DHS: Form I-914, Supplement B for T visa Endorsement https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/i-914-supplement-b-instructions
• DHS: Form I-918, Supplement B, for U visa Certification https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/i-918supb.pdf
• DHS: Instructions for Form I-918, Supplement B, for U visa Certification https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/i-918supbinstr.pdf
• U-Visa Flow Chart https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uvisaflowchart/
• DHS Policy Answers to Law Enforcement Reasons for Not Certifying https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-answers-to-reasons-for-not-certifying
• U-Visa Checklist: “Helpfulness” https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uvisa-helpfulness-chcklist
• Glossary of Terms https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-tools-bjaglossoryofterms
• Model Policy for Interactions with Immigrant Victims of Crime and Human Trafficking & Signing of U Visa Certifications and T Visa Declarations https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/proposed-model-u-visa-policy/
• Discussion Paper for Model Policy for Working with Immigrant Victims of Crime and Human Trafficking & Signing of U Visa Certifications and T Visa Declarations https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/discussion-paper-model-policy-u-visa-certification-may-2016/
• U Visa Certifications: Range of Potential Certifiers https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-range-of-potential-fcertifiers
• U-Visa Legal Advocacy: Overview of Effective Policies and Practices https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uvisa-collaboration-policy-brief/
• Press Release on the U Visa – Template https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-qref-policedeptstraining
• U Visa Resource List https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/resource-list-with-logo

 

U Visa as a Crime-fighting Tool

• COPS Dispatch Article: The U visa: An important tool for Community Policing https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/webinar-bwjp-u-visa-leo-2-18-2015
• Visas Out of Hell: Women Need to Know They Exist https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-art-uvisaswomen-03-03-10
• How Law Enforcement Is Using the U-Visa Practice Brief https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-qref-uvisapracticebrief-10-11
• The Importance of the U-visa as a Crime-Fighting Tool for Law Enforcement Officials – Views from Around the Country https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/IMM-Qref-UVisaCrimeFightingTool-12.03.12.pdf
• Protecting Our Communities and Officer Safety https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/may_june_sheriff

 

Screening Tools and Collaboration

• Information on the Legal Rights Available to Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence in the US and Facts about Immigrating on a Marriage-based Visa https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/marriage-based-legal-rights
• Brochure: Continued Presence & Temporary Immigration Status for Victims of Human Trafficking https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/continued-presence-temp-imm-status
• Blue Card: Screening for Victims Who Qualify for Immigration Protective Relief (Squad Car Screening Tool) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/screening-tool-victims-qualify 
• DHS Infographic: Protections for Immigrant Victims (January 12, 2017) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-protections1-6-links-121516
• NIWAP DHS: Immigration Options for Crime Victims – English https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-options-victims-of-crimes
• Immigrant and LEP victims’ access to the criminal justice system https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/importance-of-collaboration-victims
• U Visa Legal Advocacy: Overview of Effective Policies and Practices Link https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uvisa-collaboration-policy-brief
• Building Trusting Relationships: A Guide for Advocates/Attorneys Working with Law Enforcement (LE) on U-Visa Certification Issues (Flow Chart) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/advocate-law-enforcement-guide
• Immigration Relief for Abused Children https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscis_sijs_brochure

 

Language Access

• Code of Conduct for Court Interpreters- Washington State Interpreters Program https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/najitcodeofethicsfinal
• Consecutive Interpretation Exercise https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-qref-consecutiveinterpexercise
• Questions to Use for Crime Scene Identification of LEP https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/crime-scene-identification-of-lep-persons
• Dos and Don’ts to Help Identify LEP Persons https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dos-and-donts-to-identify-lep-persons
• Language Identification Card https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/lang-tool-langidguide4-2006-2
• Laws Governing Law Enforcement Agency Provision of Language Assistance to LEP Persons https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/laws-governing-langauge-access
• Important Tips to Remember When Using an Interpreter https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/interpretation-tips f
• NAJIT Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibilities https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/najitcodeofethicsfinal
• Sample Limited English Proficiency Guidelines from Office of Justice Programs https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/sample-limited-english-proficiency-guidelines-from-the-office-of-justice-programs
• Steps for Obtaining Interpreters https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/step-for-obtaining-interpreters
• Tips for Working Effectively with Telephone Interpreters https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-qref-workingwithtelephoneinterp
• Are you Compliant with Title VI Self-Assessment Tool https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/self-assessment-tool-title-vi
• Why Using an Interpreter is Beneficial to Law Enforcement https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/law-enforcement-benefits-of-qualified-interpreters
• 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

 

Immigration allegations in Custody Cases

• 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 https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/detained-parent-to-court
• Immigration Status, Work Authorization, and Ability to Sponsor Children https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/fam-chart-immstatus
• 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 https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/justice-for-all-custody-and-immigant-victims-2014-sji/
• 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/

 

Civil Protection Orders and Immigrant Victims

• 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
• Chapter 05.1: Battered Immigrants and Civil Protection Orders https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch5-1-imm-civil-protection-orders/
• 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 14: Protection Orders for Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch14-protectionorders-sa/
• Battered Immigrant Women in the United States and Protection Orders: An Exploratory Research https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/battered-women-protection-order-research/

Economic Relief in family Court

• Bench card on Common Issues that Arise from Parties’ Immigration Status; Economic Remedies https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/guide-judges-economic-remedies
• 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/