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This training is designed to assist attendees on how to screen survivors eligible for immigration legal remedies (VAWA, T visa, U visa, and SIJS) while improving survivor safety and economic security. The training will highlight trafficking co-occurring with domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child abuse. Additionally, it will provide tips and tools for expanding access to family law protections, SIJS judicial determinations, and the state and federal benefits and services available
to immigrant survivors in Pennsylvania

Training Materials List for Victim Advocates and Attorneys

2025 Department of Homeland Security Policies

Victim Policy: Interim Guidance on Civil Immigration Enforcement Actions Involving Current or Potential Beneficiaries of Victim-Based Immigration Benefits (January 31, 2025)

ICE Interim Guidance: Civil Immigration Enforcement Actions In or Near Courthouses (January 2025)

2025 Policies and Executive Orders

Issuance of Interim Policy Guidance Regarding Civil Immigration Enforcement Actions Involving Current or Potential Beneficiaries of Victim-Based Immigration Benefits (January 31, 2025)

Executive Order – PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINST INVASION (January 20, 2025)

Executive Order: Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats (January 20, 2025)

Memo Enforcement Actions In or Near Protected Areas (January 20, 2025)

Implementation of section 1367 Information Provisions Instruction (May 28, 2019)

Highlights of the Materials List

Know Your Rights Information

DHS Interactive Infographic on Protections for Immigrant Victims

Immigration Options for Victims of Crime -DHS Brochure

USCIS Brochure, Immigration Relief for Abused, Abandoned, or Neglected Children Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification (January 2024)

Coercive Control

Families and Children Model Code on Domestic and Family Violence – Revised Chapter Four – NCJFCJ (January 2023)

More Training Materials

Trauma Informed – Structured Interview Questionnaires for Immigration Cases (SIQI)(July 12, 2018)

• Spanish
• Russian
• Chinese

Advocate’s and Attorney’s Tool for Developing a Survivor’s Story: Trauma Informed Approach (April 27, 2023)

How to Prepare Your Case Through a Trauma Informed Approach:  Tips on Using the Trauma Informed Structured Interview Questionnaires for Family Court Cases (SIQI) (April 27, 2023)

U visa Certification & T visa Declaration

U visa Certification and T visa Declaration Toolkit for Law Enforcement Agencies and Prosecutors

U Visa Certification Tool Kit for Federal, State, and Local Judges, Commissioners, and Magistrates and Other Judicial Officers:

Immigration Options for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence

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)

Immigration Legal Remedies for Qualified Immigrant Children and Youth

Settled Law: The Role of State Court Judges in Making Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) Judicial Determinations (November 26, 2024)

The Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Bench Book: A National Guide to Best Practice for Judges and Courts (April 2018)

Trafficking

Domestic Violence and Involuntary Servitude as Human Trafficking (August 17, 2023)

VAWA Confidentiality

Implementation of section 1367 Information Provisions Instruction (May 28, 2019)

Quick Reference Guide for Judges: VAWA Confidentiality, Discovery, and Admissibility Related Case Law (October 7, 2024)

Three Prongs of VAWA Confidentiality

Interlineated statute

Training Materials: Custody, Immigrant Survivors and Children

Family Court Bench Card on Issues that Arise in Custody Cases Involving Immigrant Parents, Children, and Crime Victims (October 13, 2013, Updated November 30, 2021)

Child Protective Services Agency Toolkit: U Visa Certification, T Visa Declaration, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and Violence Against Women Act Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrant Children (July 8, 2024)

Protection Orders

State Laws on Civil Protection Orders for Victims of Human Trafficking (December 31, 2024)

Immigrants and Protection Orders Bench Card (March 29, 2019)

Divorce

Bench Card: Impact of Divorce on Immigration Status (December 28, 2021)

Public Benefits: Interactive Maps, State Charts, and Protections

Interactive Public Benefits Map

All State Public Benefits Charts

A Guide to Public Benefits Map for Immigrant Survivors of Crime

Bench Card

Family Court Bench Card on Immigrant Crime Victim Access to Public Benefits and Services