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Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in Practice
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…
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Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Explained: Obtaining Family Court Orders for Under 21 Year Old Family and Sexual Violence Survivors
These slides were presented by Leslye Orloff, Commissioner Loretta Young, and Judge Mary Weir at the Community of Responders: A Holistic Approach to Working with Immigrant Survivors of Abuse in New Orleans, LA on July 29, 2015. They trained participants on SIJS.
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Sexual Violence In the Workplace: Immigrant Survivors in Rural Communities
This presentation from July 29, 2015, by William R. Tamayo and Michael LaRiviere at the Community of Responders, trained participants on: A Holistic Approach to Working with Immigrant Survivors of Abuse.
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Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, and Stalking on Campus: When Foreign-born Victims Become Targets
This presentation for Plenary II in New Orleans, Louisiana reviews sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking among foreign-born students on U.S. campuses, highlighting low reporting rates due to fears and lack of legal knowledge. It discusses Title IX, Clery Act, and immigration relief options (U visa, VAWA, T visa, DACA, SIJS), and recommends better campus…
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Secure Housing for Immigrant Survivors: 2016 Policies Improve Housing Access and Options
This presentation for Workshop Session 4C at NIWAP’s 2016 conference, trained participants on how to assist immigrants with access to transitional, and public housing.
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Road Map to Safer Communities: The Importance of Law Enforcement and Victim Advocate Relationships
This presentation from 2016 in New Orleans, trained on how to understand why it is important for law enforcement and advocates to have a better understanding of each other’s roles when serving victims and how to build a better relationship between victim advocates and law enforcement.
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Right to Privacy: Understanding Immigrant Survivors’ Protections Under VAWA Confidentiality Laws
These slides were presented by Leslye Orloff, Judge Mary Weir, and Commissioner Loretta Young at the Community of Responders: A Holistic Approach to Working with Immigrant Survivors of Abuse in New Orleans, LA on July 30, 2015. It trained participants on VAWA Confidentiality laws.
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Remedies for Youth, Adolescents, and Young Adult Victims
This presentation from August 6, 2014, trained advocates and professionals to better identify different forms of immigration relief available to immigrant youth, understand differences and advantages between victim-based immigration remedies for immigrant youth, and how to obtain orders from family courts that are either required or helpful for immigration cases filed by immigrant children.
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Public Benefits and Services Legally Available to Immigrant Children and Victims
This training occurred on April 18, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The presentation covers what public benefits are available for immigrant victims of crime, like healthcare, housing, and childcare. The faculty for this training are Judge Lora Livingston, administrative judge for the Travis County District Court in Austin, Texas, and Leslye E. Orloff, director of…
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Overview of Federal and State Benefits: Access for Immigrant Survivors and Their Children
This presentation was used to train participants on how to recognize and know how to use tools to research what state and federal public benefits immigrant survivors can access based on the immigration status pursued, screen for VAWA, T, or U visa immigration relief eligibility to help survivors become “lawfully present,” help immigrant survivors who…
National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project