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UPDATED Advisory: Are Victim Services Programs Liable for Criminal “Harboring” When they Work with Immigrant Survivors of Crime? 2019

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...

Advisory: How Do Recent HUD Proposed Rules About Verification of Immigration Status Impact Survivors of Domestic & Sexual Assault?

Immigration, News and Events

NOTICE & COMMENT PERIOD DEADLINE: July 9, 2019 Submit a comment The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed regulations that change longstanding policy relating to immigration status verification requirements and disallowing those ineligible for...

May 2019 Advocate & Legal Services Findings: Immigrant Survivors Fear Reporting Violence

Immigration, News and Events, Research and Data

In May 2019, a coalition of national organizations gathered feedback from nearly six hundred advocates and attorneys from across the United States, learning that many immigrant victims of domestic and sexual violence are now too afraid to call the police or go to...

How Domestic Violence Impacts Immigrant Victims

Immigration

Article

This chapter in the Handbook of Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan provides an overview of abuser risks, community-generated, and system- generated risks impacting immigrant victims of intimate partner violence and summarizes resources intended to mitigate...

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...

How To Make Sure Immigrant Women Aren’t Left Out of Me Too

Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Gender-Based Violence, Immigration, Sexual Violence

Article

Related Resources UPDATED Advisory: Are Victim Services Programs Liable for Criminal “Harboring” When they Work with Immigrant Survivors of Crime? 2019 Technical Assistance Brief / TipsheetThis Advisory answers common questions about providing shelter and...

Domestic Violence Awareness Must Be Inclusive of Immigrant Survivors, 2017

Immigration

Article

We must strengthen our resolve to make sure that our community response to domestic violence is truly relevant to all survivors. Related Resources UPDATED Advisory: Are Victim Services Programs Liable for Criminal “Harboring” When they Work with Immigrant...

Immigration Law Basics for Domestic Violence Victim Advocates, 2017

Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Immigration

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...

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...

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...

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UPDATED Advisory: Are Victim Services Programs Liable for Criminal “Harboring” When they Work with Immigrant Survivors of Crime? 2019

Advisory: How Do Recent HUD Proposed Rules About Verification of Immigration Status Impact Survivors of Domestic & Sexual Assault?

May 2019 Advocate & Legal Services Findings: Immigrant Survivors Fear Reporting Violence

How Domestic Violence Impacts Immigrant Victims

FAQs: Immigration Enforcement and Victim Services Programs, 2017

How To Make Sure Immigrant Women Aren’t Left Out of Me Too

Domestic Violence Awareness Must Be Inclusive of Immigrant Survivors, 2017

Immigration Law Basics for Domestic Violence Victim Advocates, 2017

The Effects of Increased Entanglement on Immigrant Survivors

Immigration 101: A Webinar for Domestic Violence Victim Advocates

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