This NJN training helped professionals know how accurate immigration law information results in just and fair outcomes for children and families in state court cases, how to recognize facts that indicate if a child qualifies for SIJS, understand the role Congress created for state court judges in issuing SIJS judicial determinations, and understand how children’s best interests are best served when judges identify which benefits and services immigrant survivors, children, and parents are eligible to receive.
Child welfare, abuse and neglect, National Judicial Network & Judicial Training, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)