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NIWAP Library Resource directory Apr 25, 2024

Trauma, Testimony, and Child Brain Development

BIA Amicus Invitation 2016-0609 (September 1 2016) Board of Immigration Appeals, NIWAP, Crowell and Moring. NIWAP and The Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service submitted this amicus brief to the Board of Immigration Appeals discussing the brain development and neuroscience of how having experienced or witnessed trauma impacts the brain development of children and adolescents. The brief argues that in cases of child asylum applicants’ waivers of the one-year deadline based on extraordinary cir

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NIWAP Library Resource directory Oct 20, 2023

Gender Discrimination in U.S. Immigration Laws

Nguyen v. INS, 2000 (June 16 2000) U.S. App. LEXIS 6860 5th Circuit. Legal Momentum filed an brief in support of a Petition of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court (2000) in an equal protection clause challenge to a federal immigration law that treats foreign born out-of-wedlock children of citizen mothers differently from similarly situated children of citizen fathers for purposes of obtaining citizenship.

Naturalization Children and SIJS Court of appeals
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NIWAP Library Amicus brief Oct 2, 2023

Francisco Ramirez, Jacqueline Reyes-Mendoza, And Their Minor Child B.R., v Hon. Daylene A. Marsh and David Paulino Padilla-Suazo

Francisco Ramirez, Jacqueline Reyes-Mendoza, And Their Minor Child B.R., v Hon. Daylene A. Marsh and David Paulino Padilla-Suazo Emergency petition for writ of superintending control to the New Mexico Supreme Court in a sexual assault case in which a state court judges ordered U visa applicant victims to turn over in criminal court discovery information contained in the victim’s VAWA confidentiality protected case in violation of federal law. NIWAP is being represented in this appeal by Skadden,

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NIWAP Library Amicus brief Sep 21, 2023

O.M.G. et al v. Wolf et al.

O.M.G. v. Wolf (2020) U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. David Thronson, “Declaration filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in O.M.G. vs Wolf.” NIWAP coordinated a national team of law professors and recruited the law firm of Winston Strum to help draft and develop this declaration that discusses the dangers for children in DHS family detention centers, the risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and provides an excellent overview with social science research data

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NIWAP Library Amicus brief Sep 18, 2023

Guardianship of S.H.R. v. Jesus Rivas

“Guardianship of S.H.R. v. Jesus Rivas” (Supreme Court of California). NIWAP filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of California in a case in which the Court of Appeals wrongly denied an SIJS eligible child SIJS predicate findings. The amicus brief developed by Manatt, Phelps and Phillips for NIWAP detailed the legislative and regulatory history of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and discussed how the approach taken by the Court of Appeals directly contradicts this legislative and regulat

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Immigrant Legal Resource Center Practice advisory Sep 14, 2023

Overview of Seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) Findings in Juvenile Court: A Resource for Juvenile Defenders and Children’s Attorneys in California

This advisory provides basic information on how to obtain the SIJS predicate order in juvenile court. It describes the benefits, requirements, and deadlines associated with SIJS, and discusses the role of the juvenile defense or children’s attorney in the process. It includes a sample SIJS predicate order from juvenile justice proceedings.

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Immigrant Legal Resource Center Practice advisory Sep 5, 2023

Practice Update: Special Parole Programs

This practice advisory provides updates on recent changes to several special parole programs including Uniting for Ukraine, re-parole for Afghan parolees, parole for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, family reunification parole, and parole under the Central American Minors program. Included in the advisory are practice tips, examples, and policy updates relevant to eligibility for these programs.

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