Topic: Interviewing & Safety Planning

BUILDING LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY TO SERVE IMMIGRANT VICTIMS

Table of Contents U-Visa “Helpfulness” Checklist CATEGORY: MANUAL DHS U and T Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide Updated 11.30.15 Glossary of Terms for Work with Immigrant Survivors (November 15, 2017) U Visa Helpfulness Case Scenarios Collection of U-Visa News Articles Immigrant Crime Victims and U Visa Certification – What is it and Why Should Judges […]

Published February 20, 2018

Topics: Interviewing & Safety Planning, Flyers, Immigration, Language Access: Courts, Language Access: Police

*Breaking Barriers Table of Contents

Breaking Barriers is a comprehensive manual that provides information that will be useful to advocates, attorneys, justice, and social services professionals working with and assisting immigrant survivors of domestic and family violence. This Manual provides a detailed overview explanation of immigrant survivors’ legal rights under immigration, family, public benefits, and criminal laws and their rights to […]

Published November 22, 2015

Topics: Criminal Justice, Asylum, Battered Spouse Waiver, Benefits Available to All Immigrants, Benefits Limited to Qualified Immigrants, Best Practices and Collaborations, Custody, Dynamics of Violence Against Immigrant Women and Children, Dynamics, Culture, & Safety, Economic Relief, Family Law, Immigration, Interviewing & Safety Planning, Protection Orders, Public Benefits & Economic Stability, U Visa and Immigrant Crime Victims, VAWA Cancellation & Suspension, VAWA Confidentiality, VAWA Self-Petition