Practice Advisories & Brief Bank
Public immigration practice advisories, sample briefs, template motions, amicus briefs, and government guidance, organized in one searchable index and linked to the original host.
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Special Immigrant Juvenile StatusGuardianship of S.H.R. v. Jesus Rivas (March 21, 2022; August 15, 2022) Supreme Court of California. NIWAP, represented by Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, 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 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 Why it matters: Useful as a source-specific directory when you want a quick way to browse BIA Appeals materials without searching the entire site. |
NIWAP Library National Direct PDF available |
BIA appeals
Federal court
Special immigrant
Children and SIJS
Immigration court
BIA
Court of appeals
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Apr 25, 2024 | |
Trauma, Testimony, and Child Brain DevelopmentBIA 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 Why it matters: Useful as a source-specific directory when you want a quick way to browse Asylum materials without searching the entire site. |
NIWAP Library National |
Asylum
Waivers
BIA appeals
Children and SIJS
BIA
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Apr 25, 2024 | |
Gender Discrimination in U.S. Immigration LawsNguyen 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. Why it matters: Useful as a source-specific directory when you want a quick way to browse Naturalization materials without searching the entire site. |
NIWAP Library 5th Circuit |
Naturalization
Children and SIJS
Court of appeals
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Oct 20, 2023 | |
ASISTA Practice Advisory LibraryASISTA's practice advisory library for survivor-based forms of relief, including VAWA, U visa, and T visa issues. Why it matters: Useful when you want survivor-centered advisory materials gathered in one place rather than searching ASISTA's broader library. |
ASISTA National |
VAWA / U / T
Children and SIJS
Family-based practice
USCIS
Immigration court
BIA
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NIWAP Amicus Brief BankNIWAP's amicus brief bank organized by topic, with collections covering VAWA, U visa, SIJS, gender-based asylum, and related issues. Why it matters: Useful as a topic-organized amicus entry point when you want advocacy examples and supporting materials from NIWAP. |
NIWAP Library National |
VAWA / U / T
Special immigrant
Asylum
Children and SIJS
Cross-forum
Immigration court
Court of appeals
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