Advisory: How Will ‘Public Charge’ Proposed Policy Changes Impact Immigrant Survivors of Crime? 2018

Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Featured, Immigration, New

Advisory

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is planning to propose regulations that discard longstanding policy about the meaning and application of the “public charge” provisions of immigration law.  Proposed policies will have a significant detrimental impact on...

Domestic Violence Awareness Must Be Inclusive of Immigrant Survivors, 2017

Featured, Immigration, New

Article

We must strengthen our resolve to make sure that our community response to domestic violence is truly relevant to all survivors. Categories Featured, Immigration, New Tags VAWA Related Resources Advisory: How Will ‘Public Charge’ Proposed Policy Changes Impact...

Immigration Law Basics for Domestic Violence Victim Advocates, 2017

Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Immigration, New

Factsheet

This factsheet provides basic information on various immigration remedies available to victims of domestic violence and/or certain other crimes, including sexual abuse, child abuse or human trafficking. This factsheet covers: A general overview of American legal...

FAQs: Immigration Enforcement and Victim Services Programs, 2017

Immigration

Technical Assistance Brief / Tipsheet

In light of heightened fear within immigrant communities, the following FAQs are intended to address confidentiality and due process protections afforded to victim advocacy organizations and victims themselves. A recent report, 2017 Advocate and Legal Service Survey...

Advisory: Are Victim Services Programs Liable for Criminal “Harboring” When they Work with Immigrant Survivors of Crime? 2017

Immigration

Technical Assistance Brief / Tipsheet

Community-based crime victim advocacy programs that provide services to undocumented immigrant survivors of crimes can minimize risks to their program, funding, employees, and clients by adopting and following policies that take the laws on harboring undocumented...

The Effects of Increased Entanglement on Immigrant Survivors

Immigration

Factsheet

Recent policy proposals call for increased entanglement between immigration enforcement and state and local police, which undermines existing protections for domestic violence and sexual assault survivors. This will reduce the likelihood of immigrant victims or...

Advocate and Legal Service Survey Regarding Immigrant Survivors, 2017

Immigration

Factsheet / Infographic

Congress created important protections for immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking in the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and Trafficking Victims Prevention Act (TVPA) in the express recognition that abusers often exploit a...

Immigration 101: A Webinar for Domestic Violence Victim Advocates

Immigration

Webinar

This webinar is a primer on immigration laws and regulations for advocates serving Asian survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. It provides a basic introduction to U.S. immigration law and the paths to citizenship, the remedies available to immigrant...

Protecting Assets and Child Custody in the Face of Deportation, 2017

Immigration

Manual

This one-of-a-kind manual from Appleseed Network is designed for immigrants and those who work with them; the host of attorneys, nurses, social workers, religious workers who are stepping up in challenging times. Appleseed’s manual will help families develop plans in...

Battered Mothers Involved with Child Protective Services: Learning from Immigrant, Refugee and Indigenous Women’s Experiences, 2010

Immigration, Refugee Survivors, Research and Data

Report

Battered Mothers Involved with Child Protective Services reports the voices, views and recommendations of battered immigrant, refugee and indigenous women, derived from their experiences in the domestic violence and child protective services systems. They begin with...