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[pdf] Join the National Judicial Network (Updated January 26, 2024) (+)

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Seeking judges, commissioners, magistrates, tribal judges, and other judicial officers to join the National Judicial Network. The National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project (NIWAP) working in partnership with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) on a State Justice Institute (SJI) funded project is pleased to invite you to participate in the National Judicial Network: Forum on Human Trafficking and Immigration in State Courts (NJN). The NJN will provide a forum for judges to engage in peer-to-peer learning sessions with judges from across the country, participate in webinars, communicate with other judges in a members-only confidential email group, access topic-specific publications, and attend future in-person trainings on issues that arise in state courts involving human trafficking and immigrant victims. NJN sessions are intended to help judges learn more about these complicated issues and, consequently, improve access to justice for human trafficking and immigrant victims of domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault, and other crimes.

Published January 26, 2024 by

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[pdf] USCIS and State Department: Intercountry Adoption Process Flow Chart of Key Steps (June 6, 2023) (+)

USCIS and the U.S. State Department developed this tool to assist judges and attorneys in the U.S. to better understand the intercountry adoption process for foreign born children from Hague Convention and non-Hague Convention countries. This tools helps ensure that the proper steps are followed so that the adopted child obtains a visa providing them legal immigration status and a path to naturalized citizenship.

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[pdf] USCIS Fact Sheet: Adoption in U.S. Courts of Children from Hague Adoption Convention Countries (June 6, 2023) (+)

Foreign-born children in the United States who are adopted in a U.S. court may face immigration-related implications. Adoption alone does not give a child lawful immigration status. This fact sheet reviews the immigration implications for children from Hague Adoption Convention (“Convention” or “Hague”) countries who did not immigrate to the United States through the U.S. Convention process and are undergoing U.S. adoption proceedings.

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[pdf] How to Argue or Rule on VAWA Confidentiality Protections in Discovery Involving Immigrant Survivors (November 18, 2022) (+)

Step-by-step guide for attorneys and judges on VAWA confidentiality and discovery with links to resources, tools, case law, Amicus Briefs, and sample bench briefs and motions.

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[pdf] Improving Access to Justice for Immigrant Crime Victims and Children: Effects of and Needs for Judicial Training and Peer Support (December 30, 2021) (+)

From 2017 through 2019 NIWAP ran the Judicial Training Network, a training project led by a national faculty of six judges (CA, DE, IL MO, TX, WI). Five states participated in the JTN in which teams of state court judges working with state judicial education staff partners ran the project in each state the offered a series of in-person and on-line trainings on a range of legal issues that arise in cases involving immigrant crime victims and immigrant children. In each of the six participating state (FL, LA, MI, MO, MS, NM). NIWAP and the national faculty also provided on call technical assistance to the state team judges who developed expertise in serving immigrant crime victims and children through the project. After the grant funding for the JTN ended we interviewed a sample of the judicial participants in the project to learn about their impressions of the JTN and about their future training and technical assistance needs. This report makes findings about the effectiveness of this training effort and provides insights into training, support, and technical assistance needs for the future. The insights gained in this report will be helpful to the participating states, and also to the National Judicial Network (NJN) that NIWAP is currently co-leading with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. The NJN is a national peer to peer training project involving over 130 judges and Tribal judges from across the country. NJN members are judges interested in human trafficking and issues affecting immigrant victims of crime and abuse whom judges encounter as they hear cases across the country. Judges and judicial officers of all types are invited to join the NJN. To learn more and register follow this link. https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/njn-outreach-flyer

Published January 1, 2022 by

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[pdf] List of Webinars for Courts (Updated 9/30/19) (+)

The National Women’s Advocacy Project (NIWAP) offers online learning through webinars, webcasting, and training modules. Along with our partner organizations, we facilitate trainings with experts to answer all your questions relating to immigrant crime victims.

This page includes a list of all NIWAP’s past webinars that we think judges and court staff may find helpful. They are organized by topic, and each page includes supplemental materials from our web library to complement each presentation and provide further clarification.

For a list of all of NIWAP’s webinars, please go to this link: https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/all-niwap-webinars/

Published September 30, 2019 by ,

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[pdf] Legal Rights of Immigrant Children Materials (June 20, 2019 Webinar) (+)

A list of all the materials relating to Legal Rights of Immigrant Children, and the materials correspond to the webinar “When Child Victims Are Immigrants: The Judge’s Role.” These are resources to guide judges as they issue orders to protect abused and neglected immigrant children in custody, protection order, child welfare, and child support proceedings.

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[pdf] Do you have problems at home? (July 16, 2015) (+)

This booklet explains the legal rights of immigrant victims of family violence including domestic violence, child abuse and elder abuse.

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[pdf] Public Benefits and the Courts 4-18-19 (+)

This PowerPoint was used for the April 18, 2019 webinar: “Public Benefits and Services Legally Available to Immigrant and Children Victims – What Courts Need to Know?” The PowerPoint contains information about the Public Benefits Map, including state-by-state charts on public benefits immigrants are eligible for based on their status. The maps include both state […]

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[pdf] NIWAP NCJFCJ SIJS Webinar 5.14.19 (+)

This PowerPoint was used for the May 14, 2019 webinar: “Special Immigrant Juvenile Status – Best Practices for Drafting Findings.” The PowerPoint contains information about the role the courts play in the Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) adjudication process and how SIJS enhances the courts options to promote child welfare and best interests. The PowerPoint […]

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November 3, 2017: Rockford, IL “What do State Courts Need to Know about Immigration and Why: Human Trafficking and Family Violence”

Training Materials PowerPoint Presentations for Training Technical Assistance Flyer Immigration Relief for Crime Victims and Children Know Your Rights Information DHS Interactive Infographic on Protections for Immigrant Victims Immigration Options for Victims of Crime -DHS Brochure Multilingual Materials for Victims and Advocates Pathways to Immigration Relief for Students Forms of Immigration Relief Bench Card: Overview […]

Published October 31, 2017

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[pdf] DHS U and T Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide Updated November 30, 2015 (+)

Updated November 30, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security published an updated resource guide to clarify and further explain the role of certifying agencies in the U and T visa application process. This guide addresses concerns, answers common questions, and provides accurate information on signing I-918B and I-914B forms for federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, and other government agencies qualified to sign U visa certifications such as the EEOC, federal and state labor departments, adult and child protective services, and any other eligible agencies that have criminal, civil, or administrative investigative or prosecutorial authority. The guide provides information on what U and T visas are, discusses U visa qualifying criminal activities and severe forms of trafficking in persons, explains the standard for “helpfulness” and “reasonable request for assistance”, and has many more important tips and information about the U and T visa.

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[pdf] *State Courts and the Protection of Immigrant Crime Victims and Children (+)

Proposal for Judicial Training available from NIWAP for in-person training of state court judges, magistrates, commissioners and court staff. Formats available: full day, half day, workshop and/or plenary presentation. As the numbers of linguistic and cultural diverse foreign-born individuals living in the U.S. has increased, state courts are being called upon to serve greater numbers of families that include immigrant family members. Family courts are seeing growing numbers of immigrants seeking civil protection orders, custody, child support, divorce, U visa certification, and judgments in a range of proceedings particularly those involving children. To issue rulings that promote justice and fairness in cases involving immigrants, courts need access to legally correct information about immigration laws and Department of Homeland Security policies. This training will provide judges, court staff, attorneys and service providers with tools, bench cards, and materials containing up-to-date, legally correct information on current DHS policies, immigration enforcement priorities, and immigration relief that provide protection from deportation, legal immigration status and work authorization for immigrant children and immigrant for victims of domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse, sexual assault, human trafficking and other crimes. The special role Congress created for judges in issuing U visa certifications and public benefits open to immigrants will also be discussed. Materials related to this training can be found at: niwap.org/go/sji

Published November 7, 2015 by

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[pdf] State Court Findings for Abused Youth Seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (+)

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) allows certain youth immigrant survivors of abuse, abandonment, and/or neglect by a parent to obtain legal immigration status in the United States. This webinar will review elements required for a successful SIJS application focused particularly on special findings in state court orders. Faculty will provide information and resources on screening for SIJS eligibility, types of qualifying abuse, which SIJS cases OVW and LSC funded organizations may represent, jurisdictional concerns of judges, and clarification on the requirement that only one parent abused the petitioning youth.

Published July 13, 2015 by

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[pdf] U Visa Certification by Judges: Minnesota Board of Judicial Standards Opinion 2015 (+)

This opinion by the Minnesota Board of Judicial Standards discusses how judges can sign U visa certifications consistent with the codes of judicial ethics. There are two Judicial Training and Education Updates one national https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/national-uvisa-judicial-training-update/ and one for Minnesota https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/minnesota-uvisa-judicial-training-update/ that discusses the this opinion and its implications on U visa certification by judges. The November 30, 2015 U and T Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guidefor Federal, State, Local, Tribal and Territorial Law Enforcement, Prosecutors, Judges, and Other Government Agencies written by the Department of Homeland Security provides further information for judges on U visa certification. https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-updated-u-certification-resource-guide-2015/

Published June 26, 2015 by

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[pdf] Opportunities to Make SIJS Findings in State Court Cases (+)

This presentation provides information to be able to identify cases before the court that involved children who qualify for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, recognize the broad range of court proceedings in which state court rulings required under immigration law for a child to be SIJS eligible can be made, and know where to access training tools and technical assistance on cases involving immigrant crime victims and children.

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[pdf] Training Proposal- State courts and the Protection of Immigrant Crime Victims and Children (November 20153) (+)

Learning objectives for this presentation are: understand the intersections between state court proceedings and immigration law, know how accurate immigration law information affects just and fair outcomes in state courts, recognize facts that indicate a party qualifies for legal immigration status and protection from/low priority for removal, be able to sign U visa certifications, and make findings in state court cases.

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[pdf] State Courts and the Protection of Immigrant Crime Victims and Children (2014) (+)

The learning objectives for this presentation are: understand the intersections between state court proceedings and immigration law, recognize facts that indicate a party qualifies for legal immigration status, know how accurate immigration law information affects just and fair outcomes in state courts, learn about findings in state court cases that are helpful to an immigrant crime victim’s immigration case, and obtain U visa certifications from law enforcement or judges.

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[pdf] Immigrant Victims in the Justice System (+)

Flow chart illustrating the importance of providing support for immigrant victims seeking help from the justice system and the many different types of justice system cases immigrant victims encounter as they turn to the justice system for help. The systems immigrant and LEP victims need support navigating include: immigration, domestic violence/ arrest incident, family court, benefits, and protection orders (civil court process).

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[pdf] State Courts and the Protection of Immigrant Crime Victims and Children (October 2013) (+)

This presentation will help you understand the intersections between state court proceedings and immigration law, know how accurate immigration law information affects just and fair outcomes in state courts, recognize facts that indicate a party qualifies for legal immigration status and protection from/low priority for removal, be able to sign U visa certifications, and make findings in state court cases needed for or helpful to an immigrant crime victim’s immigration case.

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[pdf] Obtaining U Visa Certification from Judges in Protection Order, Family, Criminal, and Other State Court Proceedings (+)

Learning objectives for this presentation are: promote advocates and attorneys seeking U visa certification from judges, understand when judges can sign U visas and how to approach judges for certification in family, civil, and criminal court cases, identify the reasons why courts may not be signing U visa certifications, anticipate and overcome challenges, and develop a plan for approaching judges for certification.

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