Just and Fair Outcomes for Immigrant Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence and Their Children (PowerPoint) (August 15, 2026) [pdf]

This training provides specific and practical examples of how actors in the local judicial system can ensure access to justice when immigration law issues arise in state court cases involving litigants, victims of crime or abuse, and children who are immigrants or live in immigrant families. Attendees learn to identify victims who qualify for the legal immigration relief that Congress created to protect and improve the safety, stability and economic security of immigrant victims of domestic violence, child abuse/neglect, human trafficking, sexual assault, and stalking. Faculty discuss how to apply legally correct information about immigration law when protection order, custody, divorce, child welfare, and support cases involve immigrant victims and family members. The training includes a discussion of current policies and statutes governing courthouse immigration enforcement and the impact that federal Violence Against Women Act confidentiality laws have on state court discovery in criminal and family court cases.