Child Protective Services Toolkit:
Know Your Rights Information and Screening Tools
Battery, Cruelty, and Stalking
Public Benefits and Services
General:
Maryland:
Infographics:
Immigrant Children and Child Welfare Proceedings
Securing a Detained Parent’s Participation in Court Proceedings Involving Children
Adoption
- National Judicial Network Webinar – Getting it Right: Adoptions and Immigration Relief for Foreign-Born Children (January 23, 2024) –USCIS PowerPoint Slides https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/njn-uscis-adoptions-jan-2024 +
- USCIS, Fact Sheet Adoption in U.S. Courts of Children from Hague Adoption Convention Countries (December 5, 2023) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/fact-sheet-adoption-in-u-s-courts-of-children-from-hague-adoption-convention-countries-12-5-23 +
- USCIS, Citizenship for Adopted Children (April 21, 2023) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/citizenship-adopted-children +
- USCIS and State Department: Intercountry Adoption Process Flow Chart of Key Steps (June 6, 2023) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/intercountry-adoption-process-flow-chart-of-key-steps +
- Child Welfare Information Gateway: Court Jurisdiction and Venue for Adoption Petitions (January 2022) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/court-jurisdiction-venue-for-adoption-petitions-child-welfare-info/ +
- U.S. Department of State, A Guide to Processing Outgoing Adoptions from the United States to Another Convention Country (September 2021) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/guide-to-processing-outgoing-adoptions-from-the-united-states-to-another-convention-country/+
Department of Homeland Security 2025 Policies and VAWA Confidentiality Statutes
Continued Application of VAWAs Protections Under 8 U.S.C. §1367 to Immigrant Victims
- ICE Policy: Victim Policy: Interim Guidance on Civil Immigration Enforcement Actions Involving Current or Potential Beneficiaries of Victim-Based Immigration Benefits (January 30, 2025) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/11005-4-2025-victim-policy/ +
- ICE Policy: Issuance of Interim Policy Guidance Regarding Civil Immigration Enforcement Actions Involving Current or Potential Beneficiaries of Victim-Based Immigration Benefits (January 31, 2025) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/memo-on-victim-based-imm/ +
- ICE, Prosecutorial Discretion: Certain Victim, Witnesses and Plaintiffs (June 17, 2011) http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/discretion-victims-witnesses-plaintiffs/
- ICE Directive 11005.3 – Using a Victim-Centered Approach with Noncitizen Crime Victims (August 10, 2021) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/ICE-Victim-Centered-Directive-11005.3.pdf +
2025 Policies Changing Sensitive Locations and Courthouse Enforcement Policies
- ICE Interim Guidance: Civil Immigration Enforcement Actions In or Near Courthouses ICE Policy Number 11072.3 (January 2025) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/2025-01_ice_courthouse_enforcement_guidance/ +
Department of Homeland Security 8 U.S.C. §1367 – Instruction
- 42 U.S.C. §12291(a)(5) defines the community-based organizations that have location protections https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/34-uscs-section-12291/ +
- · DHS VAWA Confidentiality Implementation – Instruction 002-02-001, Implementation of Section 1367 Information Provisions (May 28, 2019) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/implementation-of-section-1367-all-dhs-instruction-002-02-001/ (cited in 2025 memos) +
VAWA Confidentiality Statutes and Legislative History
- VAWA Confidentiality’s Prohibited Source Bars, Immigration Case File Confidentiality Requirements, and Penalties for Violation 8 U.S.C. §1367 (January 6, 2025) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/8-usc-1367-penalties-for-disclosure-of-information/ +
- VAWA Confidentiality – Immigration Protected Locations for Victims 8 U.S.C. §1229(e): Certification of Compliance In Removal (January 6, 2025) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/8-usc-1229e-iniation-of-removal-proceedings/ (describing protected locations for immigrant victims with regard to immigration enforcement) +
- Section 921. Prohibition of Adverse Determinations of Admissibility or Deportability Based on Protected Information -VAWA Confidentiality Legislative History (September 22, 2005) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-conf_house-leg-history-2005/ +
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Confidentiality Requirements – Full Bill
- 34 U.S.C. §12291(b)(2) VAWA Confidentiality provisions applying to the entire VAWA bill and all recipients of grants awarded under VAWA https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/34-uscs-section-12291+
- OVW, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the VAWA Confidentiality Provisions (34 U.S.C. §12291(b)(2)) (October 2017) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ovw-34-usc-12291-vawa-confidentlity-faq/ +