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NIWAP Library Resource directory Apr 25, 2024

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United States V. Luciana Moreno-Lopez ; (June 7 2010) United States District Court, Eastern District of Chattanooga. The National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women, among others, and represented by Dean Hill Rivkin, filed an amicus brief in a case in which undocumented workers had been victims of extortion, when the workers complained to EEOC and the Department of Labor the employer retaliated by triggering the employees detention by the Department of Homeland Security. The workers

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NIWAP Library Amicus brief Nov 2, 2023

United States V. Luciana Moreno-Lopez

Amicus brief in a case in which undocumented workers had been victims of extortion, when the workers complained to EEOC and the Department of Labor the employer retaliated by triggering the employees detention by the Department of Homeland Security.The workers filed and received U-visas as victims of extortion despite this fact, the U.S. attorney brought charges against the workers for document fraud. This amicus brief, filed in the employees’ criminal case, described the history and purpose of

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Immigrant Legal Resource Center Practice advisory Jun 23, 2022

Overview of ICE’s Victim-Centered Directive

This advisory provides an overview of ICE’s new “victim-centered” approach to immigration enforcement based on an August 2021 directive, including who qualifies as a victim and which ICE actions are covered. As part of this new approach, ICE officers and agents are instructed to look out for and in various circumstances exercise prosecutorial discretion in favor of noncitizen survivors of crime as part of their decisions to arrest, detain, release, and refer noncitizens.

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Immigrant Legal Resource Center Practice advisory Jun 6, 2022

VAWA Self-Petition Policy Updates (June 2022)

On February 10, 2022, USCIS released several VAWA Self-Petition policy changes. The changes include the nationwide implementation of two circuit court decisions and changes in USCIS’s interpretation of the joint residence requirement for VAWA Self-Petitioners. This practice advisory contains short summaries of USCIS’s VAWA Self-Petition policy changes.

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National Immigration Project Practice advisory May 5, 2021

Advocating for Immigrant Survivors of Medical Abuse at the Irwin County Detention Center

This practice advisory is intended to assist individuals seeking damages, stays of deportation, and long-term immigration relief based on medical abuse suffered at ICDC. This practice advisory explains how to determine eligibility and file administrative claims under the Federal Torts Claims Act (“FTCA”) for monetary damages, stays of removal with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), administrative complaints with the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (“CRCL”), and U Visa c

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