The National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project (NIWAP) will be a hosting a two-day, two track training for Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), STOP, Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV), Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Programs, and Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders grantees and grant partners working with immigrant and refugee survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Plenary: PowerPoint Presentations
- Building a Spirit of Collaboration and Cooperation
- What Works for Immigrant Survivors: Building Collaboration with Law Enforcement, U-Visa Certification and Family Court Emerging Issues
Plenary: Materials
- Case Study: The Significance of Collaboration
- U Visa Legal Advocacy Overview of Effective Policies and Practices
Track 1: “Community Safety and Legal Relief for Immigrant Survivors: A Collaborative Response” PowerPoint Presentation
Track 1: “Community Safety and Legal Relief for Immigrant Survivors: A Collaborative Response” Materials
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: How is it Helpful for Immigrant Crime and Violence Survivors?
- U Visa Toolkit for Law Enforcement Agencies and Prosecutors
- Building Trusting Relationships: A Guide for Advocates/Attorneys Working With Law Enforcement On U-Visa Certification Issues
- Screening for Victims Who Qualify for Immigration Protective Relief
Track 2: “Emerging Issues in Family Court For Immigrant Survivors” PowerPoint Presentation
Track 2: “Emerging Issues in Family Court For Immigrant Survivors” Materials
- DHS Broadcast Message on New 384 Class of Admission Code
- Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion Consistent with the Civil Immigration Enforcement Priorities of the Agency for the Apprehension, Detention, and Removal of Aliens
- Prosecutorial Discretion: Certain Victims, Witnesses, and Plaintiffs
- Amici Curieae Brief of Legal Momentum, Sanctuary for Families, and National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project
- Motion for Protective Order
- Plaintiffs’ Motion in Limine to Strike the Defendants’ Pleadings, Motions, and Advocacy for Pleadings and Motions for Violation of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11
- VAWA Confidentiality Fact Sheet
- VAWA Confidentiality: History, Purpose, DHS Implementation, and Violations of VAWA Confidentiality Protections
- Countering Abuser’s Attempts to Raise Immigration Status of the Victim in Custody Cases
- Criminal and Civil Implications for Battered Immigrants Fleeing Across State Lines with Their Children
- Economic Relief Tool Kit
- Detention and Termination of Parental Rights Tool Kit
- U Visa Certification Tool Kit for Federal, State, and Local Judges, and Magistrates
- Comparing Forms of Immigration Relief for Immigrant Victims of Crime
- Identifying a Trafficked/Enslaved Person
- U Visa Application Victim Flow Chart
- U Visa Scenarios: Case Scenarios
- Client Hypothetical Case: Maura
- Building a Spirit of Collaboration and Cooperation
- What Works for Immigrant Survivors: Building Collaboration with Law Enforcement, U-Visa Certification and Family Court Emerging Issues