New Mexico – Page 3 – NIWAP Library

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June 30, 2026

Train the Trainer: Promoting Accurate and Effective Communication with LEP Persons and Community Safety Benefits

This presentation was given to the Albuquerque Police Department and the Mayor’s Sexual and Domestic Violence Taskforce on October 23, 2014. It covers U visa eligibility and benefits and the need for strong police policies on language access for limited English proficient (LEP) individuals.

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June 30, 2026

The U Visa: A Tool to Support Victims, Communities, and Increase Participation in the Criminal Justice System

This workshop trained participants on the intention behind the creation of the U Visa and detail requirements of any application for immigration relief through the U Visa program. Presenters provided strategies to improving victim participation by enhancing safety and security while minimizing barriers, fears, and misconceptions. The workshop provided participants with access to toolkits, tools,…

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June 30, 2026

State Court Actions That Intersect with Federal Immigration Matters: U Visa Certifications and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Findings

This training explains how state court actions intersect with U visa certifications and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) findings. It details the roles of state court judges in certifying immigrant crime victims for U Visas and making findings necessary for SIJS applications for abused, abandoned, and/oror neglected children. It also provides practical guidance for judges…

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June 30, 2026

Serving Immigrant Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence, Child Abuse, Human Trafficking, and Stalking: Immigration, Family and Public Benefits Law Remedies

Slides from a training for legal aid attorneys across New Mexico planned by the New Mexico Bar Association covering immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, dating violence, child abuse and human trafficking’s legal rights under New Mexico state law and federal law with regard to immigration relief, public benefits and services and family…

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June 30, 2026

Searchlight New Mexico: On Their Own

This article by Laura Villagran for Searchlight, New Mexico, on the dangers immigrant victims of domestic violence face when coming forward and pursuing immigration relief for victims of crime.

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June 30, 2026

Ramirez v. Marsh (N.M. May 15, 2025)

Emergency petition for writ of superintending control to the New Mexico Supreme Court in two child sexual assault cases in which a state court judges ordered U visa and T visa applicant victims, their parents, or their immigration counsel to turn over in criminal court discovery information contained in the victim’s VAWA confidentiality protected immigration…

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June 30, 2026

Race, Ethnic and Cultural Equity

This training examines race, ethnic, and cultural equity within the justice system, focusing on the experiences of immigrant women and their children who have faced violence. It emphasizes the importance of understanding intersectionality (how race, ethnicity, class, and gender shape victimization) and the need for cultural competence and responsiveness in court settings.

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June 30, 2026

Pre-Natal Care for Qualified and Non-Qualified Immigrants – Medical Coverage and Services for Immigrants

This document contains information on emergency medical care provisions in the state of New Mexico that are relevant in circumstances where non-qualified aliens fit within the requirements for emergency treatment for prenatal care.

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June 30, 2026

New Mexico Supreme Court Issues Order Against Disclosure of Immigration-Related Information of Noncitizen Crime Victims

Press release from the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts on New Mexico Supreme Court’s issuance of two orders of superintending control quashing subpoenas that compelled that an immigrant victim turn over the contents of their U visa and T visa immigration case files to the perpetrator in the criminal case that the state…

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June 30, 2026

New Mexico Supreme Court Rules that Visa Application of Crime Victims are Protected from Disclosure

The New Mexico Supreme Court issued a press release on May 15, 2025, stating that visa applications by crime victims are protected against disclosure in legal proceedings by an evidentiary privilege in Ramirez v. Marsh.

State: New Mexico