Held by the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance. Plenary presentation on Issues That Arise for Women of Color and Immigrant Women in Family Court. Workshop presentation on Access to Immigration Relief and Protection from Deportation for Immigrant Survivors in an Age of Enhanced Immigration Enforcement.
PowerPoint Presentations
- Crucial Role of Advocates Countering Bias: Making the Justice System Work For Immigrant Survivors
- How the Legal System Works (Or Doesn’t) For Immigrant Survivors
Materials
Family Law Issues
- Battered Immigrants and Civil Protection Orders
- Evidence List for Battered Immigrant Women Seeking Protection Orders
- Immigration Protection Screening Checklist
- Fact Sheet on State v. Maria L.
- Attorney Guide to Representing Immigrant Victim Parents Who are at Risk of Detention/Deportation in Detention, or Have Been Deported
Know Your Rights
Public Benefits
- Immigration Options for Victims of Crimes
- Comparing Forms of Immigration Relief for Immigrant Victims of Crime
- VAWA Red Flags
- Assessing Helpfulness: Hypothetical Case Scenarios (Part 1)
- Assessing Helpfulness: Hypothetical Case Scenarios (Part 2)
- Identifying a Trafficked/Enslaved Person
- U Visa Application Victim Flow Chart
- Evidence List for Immigrant Victims Applying for the Crime Visa (U Visa)
- VAWA Self-Petition Flow Chart for Adult Applicants
- VAWA Self-Petition Flow Chart for Child Applicants
- Evidence List for Immigrant Victims Applying for VAWA Self-Petitioning
VAWA Confidentiality
- DHS Broadcast Message on New 384 Class of Admission Code
- VAWA Confidentiality Fact Sheet
- Memorandum: Interim Guidance Relating to Officer Procedure Following Enactment of VAWA 2005
- Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Confidentiality Provisions at the Department of Homeland Security
Enforcement: Government Memorandum and Fact Sheets
- Immigration Update: Maximizing Public Safety and Better Focusing Resources
- ICE Announces Improvements to Secure Communities Program
- Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children
- Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion Consistent with the Civil Immigration Enforcement Priorities of the Agency for the Apprehension, Detention, and Removal of Aliens
- Prosecutorial and Custody Discretion
- Secure Communities Complaints Involving State or Local Law Enforcement Agencies
- Guidance Regarding the Handling of Removal Proceedings of Aliens with Pending or Approved Applications or Petitions
- Field Guidance on Enforcement Actions or Investigative Activities at or Near Sensitive Community Locations
- Letter to Immigrant Women Program from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement