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NIWAP Library Amicus brief Jun 15, 2024

he Federal District Court granted Ms. Soto Alvarado’s Motion

In a case brought in Federal District Court in Rhode Island an abused spouse whose VAWA self-petition had been approved challenged USCIS’s revocation of her approved petition. The self-petitioner was divorced from her abuser and remarried after filing the self-petition but before the self-petition had been approved. The court’s ruling allows the self-petitioner to fully litigate her challenge the USCIS’s revocation of her self-petition due to remarriage in Federal District Court. The court’s rul

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NIWAP Library Amicus brief Nov 1, 2023

Arguijo v. USCIS (July 24 2020) US Court of Appeals 7th Circuit

The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) represents Jennifer Arguijo, who was 11 years old when her mother married her stepfather, who turned out to be abusive. Applying BIA case law from other contexts, VSC held that a stepchild-stepfather relationship ends after the biological parent divorces the stepparent, unless there is a “continuing relationship” between the stepchild and stepfather. NIJC sought reconsideration, and appealed to the AAO. The AAO affirmed the VSC’s decision to deny the

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NIWAP Library Amicus brief Oct 24, 2023

Aguilar-Jimenez

In the Matter of Aguilar-Jimenez, Board of Immigration Appeals (2002) Filed an amicus brief discussing the “extreme cruelty” and “extreme hardship” standards in the context of requests for suspension of deportation under VAWA, specifically that extreme cruelty includes the psychological and emotional abuse imposed on a child who is forced to watch as a parent is battered by another parent. (Crowell and Moring Pro Bono)

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NIWAP Library Amicus brief Sep 13, 2023

Sanchez v. Gonzalez

Sanchez v. Gonzalez, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit (2006). Amicus brief discussing the Violence Against Women Act’s legislative history and purpose and the special motion to reopen provisions designed for immigrant victims filing VAWA cancellation of removal cases. The trial court and BIA failed to offer Sanchez access to VAWA’s motion to reopen provisions. Additionally, Sanchez’ trial counsel was unfamiliar with VAWA’s special rules and provided Ms. Sanchez with ineffective assistan

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ASISTA Practice advisory Jul 2, 2021

Albence Practice Advisory (Updated 6/21/2021): Stay Extended through July 2, 2021

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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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ASISTA Practice advisory Mar 22, 2021

Practice Update: ICE Agrees Not to Remove, Deny Requests for Stay of Removal, or Oppose Continuances for U Visa Petitioners for 90 Days (March 22, 2021)

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ASISTA Practice advisory Jul 1, 2019

ASISTA Practice Update: Form I-539 Extensions of Stay & Passport Requirements for U Nonimmigrants (July 2019)

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ASISTA Practice advisory Apr 16, 2007

Practice Advisory: Adjustment of Status of "Arriving Aliens" Under the Interim Regulations: Challenging the BIA's Denial of a Motion to Reopen, Remand, or Continue a Case (April 16, 2007)

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