This presentation discussed the role that state courts play in the SIJS adjudication process, articulate the ways in which SIJS enhances the courts options that promote child welfare and best interests, identify children before the court in a wide range of state family court cases who might be SIJS eligible, and craft orders on care and custody decisions under state law containing findings that permit children to pursue SIJS with federal immigration authorities.
Child welfare, abuse and neglect, Custody, National Judicial Network & Judicial Training, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), State Family Laws