The U Visa is designed to be a tool for law enforcement and prosecutors. This webinar will explain the crime-fighting purpose of the U Visa and will outline the U Visa requirements, application process, and certification form. Experts will discuss how the safety of law enforcement officers, victims, and the community is strengthened when immigrant […]
NIWAP Trainings > Law Enforcement
Topic: Law Enforcement
June 24, 2019: St. Paul, MN “Law Enforcement & Prosecution Best Practices: Immigrant Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims, Language Access and the U and T Visa”
“Law Enforcement & Prosecution Best Practices: Immigrant and Sexual Violence Victims, Language Access and the U and T Visa” June 24, 2019 Law Enforcement Training Materials The training focused on how law enforcement, through language access tools and U Visa certification, can hold offenders more accountable, enhance victim safety and participation in the criminal justice […]
August 3, 2018: Minneapolis, MN: “Law Enforcement and Prosecution Best Practices: Immigrant Crime Victims, Language Access, and the U Visa”
This training took place on August 3, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The training covered a wide range of topics that included how law enforcement and prosecutors can better serve immigrant communities through improving language access resources and utilizing the U Visa. The training covered how investigations can be improved using language access tools and how […]
February 26, 2018: “Law Enforcement Working with Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault in Rural Communities: Part I U and T Visa Certification” (Webinar)
Training Materials PowerPoint Presentation Also see our full library of SJI supported materials for courts at www.niwap.org/go/UVisa 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: […]
June 25, 2016: Minneapolis, MN “Nuts and Bolts of U Visa for Undocumented Victims of Crime: A Case Study”
This training was presented at the National Sheriff’s Association (NSA) conference and covered the basics of the U Visa. Training Materials PowerPoint Presentation for Training [Recording] Blue Campaign: Law Enforcement Discussion of Immigration Relief April, 2013 Part I [Recording] Blue Campaign: Law Enforcement Discussion of Immigration Relief April, 2013 Part II U Visa Toolkit for […]
February 7, 2016: National Sheriffs Association Washington, DC
This workshop was presented by Leslye E. Orloff and Officer Michael LaRiviere at the National Sheriff’s Association Winter conference in Washington, D.C. The workshop aims to enhance officer, victim, and community safety using language access and certification programs including the U and T Visas. PowerPoint Presentation U Visa LEP Training for LE and Prosecutors NSA Winter […]
September 29, 2015: “Language Access at Crime Scenes: Improve Successful Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions” (Webinar)
This webinar addresses language access at crime scenes and how decisions law enforcement make regarding interpretation at the initial crime scene can impact the case long-term. Participants consider issues to be aware of when communicating with limited English proficient (LEP) individuals when securing the scene and best practices for communication using qualified interpreters during crime […]
Sep. 9, 2015: Anaheim, CA “Law Enforcement’s Tool to Strengthen Community Policing”
This workshop was presented by Leslye E. Orloff and Officer Michael LaRiviere at the National Center for Victims of Crime 2015 Training Institute. The workshop aims to educate law enforcement, prosecutors, and other victim service providers about their role in providing services to immigrant crime victims, including providing U visa certification and T visa endorsement. PowerPoint Presentation […]
March 25, 2015: Sykesville, MD “The Use of the T Visa and U Visa to Improve Law Enforcement’s Work with Immigrant Victims. Training for law enforcement, prosecutors, and other U visa certifiers”
Materials: Technical Assistance Offered to Law Enforcement Blue Card – Screening Victims Who Qualify for Immigration Protective Relief U Visa Toolkit for Law Enforcement Effect of Language Access on Immigrant Victims’ Access to Justice
February 18, 2015: “Battered Women’s Justice Project (BWJP) Immigrant Crime Visas: Law Enforcement’s Tool to Strengthen Community Policing” (Webinar)
Congress created the U visa as a tool to strengthen the ability of law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies to detect, investigate, prosecute and sentence crimes against immigrants, a population that traditionally under-reports crimes of which they are victims. The U visa offers temporary immigration benefits to victims of qualifying criminal activities, and to their qualifying […]
August 16, 2013: Lanham, MD “VAWA Immigration Protections, Immigration Enforcement, and Language Access”
Training Materials Powerpoint: VAWA Immigration Protections, Immigration Enforcement, and Language Access Screening and Safety Planning in the Context of Immigration Enforcement Material: Immigrant Survivor Walks Through The Door of Your Agency Government Policies Material: Field Guidance on Enforcement Actions or Investigative Activities At or Near Sensitive Community Locations Material: Form for Immigration Detainer Notice of Action Material: Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion […]
February 15, 2013: “Lessons Learned from Law Enforcement: How Collaborations That Result in U Visa Certifications Support Safer Communities” (Webinar)
“Lessons Learned from Law Enforcement: How Collaborations That Result in U Visa Certifications Support Safer Communities.” Webinar on strategies for collaborating with law enforcement. PowerPoint Presentation Lessons Learned from Law Enforcement: How Collaborations That Results in U Visa Certification Support Safer Communities Materials The Importance of the U-visa as a Crime-Fighting Tool for Law Enforcement […]
July 18, 2011: “Law Enforcement Use of the U Visa” (Podcast)
Follow-up podcast to the U-Visa Certification Webinar for Law Enforcement. In this podcast, Rodolfo Estrada, senior program associate of Vera’s Center on Immigration and Justice, discusses law enforcement use of the U-visa. The U-visa provides temporary legal status to immigrant crime victims who cooperate with law enforcement. Joining Rodolfo are Edna Yang, legal counsel at […]
July 17, 2011: Alexandria, VA “Building Law Enforcement Capacity to Serve Immigrant Victims”
Training for law enforcement on U-visa certification for the D.C. metropolitan area. Attended by law enforcement officials from Virginia, D.C. and Maryland, Alexandria, VA. PowerPoint Building Law Enforcement Capacity to Serve Immigrant Victims
June 3, 2011: Spokane, Washington “Building Law Enforcement Capacity to Serve Immigrant Victims”
Presentation by Legal Momentum and the Vera Institute of Justice to the National Immigrant Victims’ Access to Justice for Partnership. Presented on June 3, 2011. PowerPoint Building Law Enforcement Capacity to Serve Immigrant Victims
March 15, 2011: San Antonio, TX “Building Law Enforcement Capacity to Serve Immigrant Victims”
Presented by the Vera Institute of Justice and Legal Momentum with a grant of the Bureau of Justice Assistance. PowerPoint Building Law Enforcement Capacity to Serve Immigrant Victims
February 27, 2011: Media, PA “Building Law Enforcement Capacity to Serve Immigrant Victims: U-Visa Certification Training”
Presented at the Delaware County Women Against Rape. Presented by Michael LaRiviere and Leslye Orloff. Training on tools to improve work with immigrant crime victims for the Delaware County Women Against Rape. PowerPoint Building Law Enforcement Capacity to Serve Immigrant Victims: U-Visa Certification Training Materials U Visa Toolkit for Law Enforcement Agencies and Prosecutors I-918 […]
February 10, 2011: “An Introduction to Law Enforcement Use of the U-Visa” (Webinar)
This webinar is produced through the National Immigrant Victims’ Access to Justice Partnership, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Vera Institute of Justice, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit center for justice policy and practice, and Legal Momentum, a national policy organization specializing in crime victim assistance and legal […]