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Materials for T Visa and human trafficked individuals.

[pdf] Federal Register: New Classification for Victims of Severe Forms of Trafficking in Persons (+)

This rule is intended to assist all concerned Federal officials, including, but not limited to, officials of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service), and eligible applicants, in implementing provisions of section 107(e) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA).

Published January 31, 2002 by

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[pdf] Memorandum Regarding Deferred Action for Aliens with Bona Fide Applications for T Nonimmigrant Status (+)

Memorandum outlining changes in Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) procedures for deferred action determinations on behalf of victims of severe forms of trafficking whose applications for T nonimmigrant status have been determined to be bona fide but are still awaiting final adjudication by the Vermont Service Center (VSC).

Published May 8, 2002 by

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[pdf] Brochure: Immigration Remedies for Trafficking Victims (+)

What is trafficking in persons? What federal laws prohibit trafficking in persons? Is there any immigration relief available for victims of severe forms of trafficking who lack Immigration status in the Unites States? What is a T nonimmigrant visa and who can apply for one? What is a U nonimmigrant visa and who can apply for one?

Published December 2008 by

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[pdf] Finding Victims of Human Trafficking (+)

NORC Final Report responding to a congressional mandate to (1) identify victims and potential victims of domestic trafficking; (2) determine whether victims have been identified as such by law enforcement; and (3) explore differences between sex trafficking and unlawful commercial sex. It examines human trafficking experiences
among a random sample of 60 counties across the United States.

Published September 2008 by

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[pdf] WHO Ethical and Safety Recommendations For Interviewing Trafficked Women (+)

These recommendations provide a set of ten basic standards for interviewing women who are in or have left a trafficking situation. The significance of each issue is explained and examples are offered of how, in practice, each can be addressed. The recommendations should not be taken as a comprehensive guide to working with women who have been trafficked.

Published 2003 by

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[pdf] Human Trafficking PowerPoint (+)

Learning Objectives: Begin to identify individuals who may be trafficked;Develop interviewing and trust-building techniques to work with trafficking victims;Take steps to expand your organization’s services and/or collaboration to serve trafficking victims;Learn effective strategies for collaboration with law enforcement and other systems to assist victims.

Published April 9, 2009 by

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[pdf] T Visa and U Visa Adjustment to Lawful Permanent Residency Regulations (December 12, 2008) (+)

The Department of Homeland Security is amending its regulations to permit aliens in lawful T or U nonimmigrant status to apply for adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident. This rule provides that family members of a principal T or U nonimmigrant granted or seeking adjustment of status may also apply for adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident. This rule also
provides for adjustment of status or approval of an immigrant petition for certain family members of U applicants who were never admitted to the United States in U nonimmigrant status.

Published December 12, 2008 by

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[pdf] Current State of VAWA and Trafficking Victim Protection Act Implementing Regulations and Policies (February 13, 2013) (+)

The following article provides an up-to-date list of VAWA statutory provisions for which no implementing regulations or policies have been issued. This list is followed by a consequent list of VAWA and Trafficking Victim
Protection Act (TVPA) regulations that were overruled by statute. This report ends with a list of
current regulations that do not reflect expansions of VAWA or TVPA protections that became
law subsequent to the issuance of the regulations.

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[pdf] Immigration Relief for Victims of Human Trafficking and Other Crimes (Continued Presence, T and U Visas) (+)

Information for law enforcement officials on immigration relief for victims of human trafficking and other crimes. This document contains information about the forms of immigration relief and the distinct roles that HSI, USCIS, and law enforcement officials play in assisting victims.

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[pdf] Blue Card: Screening Tool for Victims Who Qualify for Immigration Protective Relief (March 2, 2018) (+)

Questions for eligibility for protective relief under VAWA, Battered Spouse Waiver, T Visa, and U Visas, as well as information on language access.

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[pdf] Trafficking Victim Benefits Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (June 18, 2014) (+)

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (popularly known as the “ACA”) of 2010 sought to increase health care coverage in the United States by requiring that eligible individuals purchase qualified health insurance plans and the establishment of online health insurance exchanges, which contain multiple private health insurance plans. Trafficking victims who are granted continued presence and trafficking victims who file for and receive T-visas have greater access to a full range of subsidized health care benefits than any other group of immigrant crime victims. In addition to the federal laws, states have the power to regulate immigrants’ access to health care and to public benefits.

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[pdf] Chapter 17: Access to Health Care for Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault (July 10, 2013) (+)

Chapter 17 in Empowering Survivors: Legal Rights of Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault. This chapter describes the range of services an immigrant victim of sexual assault can access through different programs and services of the health care system. The Health Care Charts contain state-by-state information that helps victims and their advocates identify what health services immigrant victims can access, depending on the State they live in and their immigration status. This chapter discusses how health care access grows as an immigrant victim files for and receives immigration benefits, health care options for undocumented victims, access to health care exchanges for immigrant survivors, which forms of immigration relief bring greatest access to health care, and survivors and their children who may be eligible for health care subsidies under state options and federal law.

Published July 10, 2013 by

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Law Enforcement, Prosecutor and T and U Visa Certifier Training Materials

Most of the documents in this section and the trainings provided to law enforcement and prosecutors listed at the end of this section were supported by grants from the Office on Violence Against Women, The Bureau of Justice Assistance and/or the Training and Technical Assistance Center of the Office of Victims of Crime of the […]

Published May 1, 2013

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[pdf] Bench Card Trafficking Victim Immigration and Public Benefits Eligibility Process (December 31, 2021) (+)

This Benchcard discusses the qualifications for Continued Presence status, how to apply for and obtain Office of Refugee and Resettlement benefits eligibility based on Continued Presence, qualifications for T-Visa status, how to apply for a T-Visa, and how to receive benefits after receiving Continued Presence status or a T-Visa. It also outlines the federal and state public benefits and other government-funded programs available to trafficking victims as well as the eligibility period.

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[pdf] Flowchart of Access to Federal and State Public Benefits for Victims of Human Trafficking (+)

This is a flowchart regarding access to federal and state public benefits for victims of human trafficking, including services necessary to protect life and safety.

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[pdf] Family and Criminal Court Scenarios in Which Courts Will Encounter Immigrants Who Are Eligible for Immigration Protections (+)

Information and examples explaining how and in what proceedings courts may encounter immigrants who are eligible for Violence Against Women Act (VAWA and U Visa), Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), Special Immigrant Juvenile (SJIS) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) immigration protections.

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[pdf] Prosecutorial Discretion: Certain Victims, Witnesses, and Plaintiffs (+)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 2011 Memorandum setting forth the policies that direct the use of prosecutorial discretion in cases involving victims of and witnesses to crimes, including crimes of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other crimes. It includes protections from removal for individuals involved in efforts related to the protection of their civil rights. This document establishes DHS priorities for victim protection and summarizes and contains links to Immigration and Customs Enforcement policies of importance to immigrant crime victim cases.

Published June 17, 2011 by ,

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[pdf] Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress (+)

This report focuses on human trafficking both internationally and within the United States. The report begins with an overview of human trafficking including a discussion of the definition of human trafficking, the scope of the problem globally, and an examination of the victims. It follows with an analysis of global anti-trafficking efforts by the United States and the international community. The report then focuses on trafficking into and within the United States, examining relief for trafficking victims in the United States and discussing U.S. law enforcement efforts to combat domestic trafficking. The report concludes with an overview of anti-trafficking legislation and an analysis of policy issues related to human trafficking.

Published February 18, 2010 by

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[pdf] An Abbreviated Sketch of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (P.L. 100-457): Criminal Law Provisions (+)

Report to accompany H.R. 972. The Committee on International Relations, to whom the bill (H.R. 972) was referred to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.

Published February 4, 2009 by

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[pdf] The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (P.L. 100-457): Criminal Law Provisions (+)

The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (H.R. 7311), passed both the House and the Senate on December 10, 2008. the President signed it into law on December 23, 2008, P.L. 110-457, 122 Stat. 5044 (2008). It bolsters federal efforts to combat both international and domestic traffic in human beings. Among other initiatives, it expands pre-existing law enforcement authority and the criminal proscriptions in the area.

Published January 29, 2009 by

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[pdf] T and U-visa Holders Need Legal Permanent Residency: Real Life Stories (+)

A collection of real life stories that illustrate the hardships U visa and T visa holders face without access to lawful permanent residency included in the U visa and T visa statues. This collection was submitted to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Office of Budget and Management as part of advocacy to secure issuance and influence the protections that would be included in the T and U visa lawful permanent residency (adjustment of status) regulations.

Published July 3, 2008 by

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[pdf] William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 (H.R. 3887 as Passed by the House): Criminal Law Provisions (+)

The criminal law proposals found in H.R. 3887 as it passed the House include newly-assigned sex trafficking offenses, a sex tourism offense, a coerced services offense, obstruction of justice offenses, an importation of prostitutes offense, a false statement offense, and provisions for civil liability, victim assistance, forfeiture, extraterritorial jurisdiction, Justice Department reorganization, and a model state statute.

Published January 14, 2008 by

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[pdf] Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (+)

Full text of 42 U.S.C. 13701, Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, to enhance judicial and law enforcement tools to combat violence against women; improving services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; protection of battered and trafficked immigrants; etc.

Published January 5, 2006 by

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[pdf] Report on Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 Part II (+)

Report to accompany H.R. 972. The Committee on International Relations, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 972) to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.

Published December 8, 2005 by

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[pdf] Report on Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 Part I (+)

Report to accompany H.R. 972. The Committee on International Relations, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 972) to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.

Published November 18, 2005 by

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[pdf] Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 Part II (+)

Report to accompany H.R. 2620. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2620) to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes, having considered the same report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.

Published September 29, 2003 by

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[pdf] Report on Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 Part I (+)

Report to accompany H.R. 2620. The Committee on International Relations, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2620) to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.

Published September 5, 2003 by

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[pdf] Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 Part II (+)

Report, with Minority Views, to accompany H.R. 3244. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 3244) to combat trafficking of persons, especially into the sex trade, slavery, and slavery-like conditions, in the United States and countries around the world through prevention, through prosecution and enforcement against traffickers, and through protection and assistance to victims of trafficking, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.

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