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Upcoming Events
Crimes &
Immigrant Survivors, Part II: Developments and Strategies: Clients With
Aggravated Felonies & Drug-Related Offenses
Join us for a Webinar
on January 13
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar Seat Now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/264822649
Title:
Crimes & Immigrant Survivors, Part II:
Developments
and Strategies: Clients With Aggravated Felonies & Drug-Related
Offenses
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 AM EST
This
is the second of two webinars exploring how criminal conduct affects
immigrant survivors' ability to gain secure immigration status as
victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking. This
second webinar will focus on understanding the aggravated felony and
drug crime-related provisions of the immigration statute that impact
self-petitioning and U visa applicants. Participants will
develop a greater understanding of applicable statutory provisions,
learn how to identify and analyze the impact of aggravated felony
and drug-related convictions and conduct based on interpretations of
current caselaw, and expand their advocacy strategies for dealing with
client’s who have drug-related issues or aggravated felonies.
This project is supported by Grant No. 2009TAAXK009 awarded by the
United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against
Women. The opinions, findings, and recommendations expressed in
this document are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect
the views of the United States Department of Justice, Office on
Violence Against Women.
System
Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer
materials available:
Outline
Recent News and Events:
Crimes
&
Immigrant
Survivors
Pt I: Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude:
Advocacy Strategies in Immigration Representation
Webinar on
December 16, 2009
This is the first of two webinars exploring how criminal conduct
affects immigrant survivors' ability to gain secure immigration status
as victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking. This
first webinar will focus on understanding the crimes involving moral
turpitude (CIMT) grounds of inadmissibility as relates to
self-petitioning and U visa applicants. Participants will
learn how to determine which CIMT grounds apply, gain an understanding
of how to apply the current CIMT analytical framework, and develop
skills for analyzing and advocating in cases where the client has a
potential CIMT offense. The presentation will use case
examples and allow time for questions and answers from participants.
This project is supported by Grant No. 2009TAAXK009 awarded by the
United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against
Women. The opinions, findings, and recommendations expressed in
this document are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect
the views of the United States Department of Justice, Office on
Violence Against Women
materials available:
Outline
Power
Point
Matter of Silva-Trevino,
24
I&N
Dec.
687 (A.G. 2008)
In re Renato
Wilhemy Sanudo, 23 I&N Dec. 968 (BIA 2006)
Excerpts
from "Living with Silva-Trevino"
by Norton Tooby and National Immigration Project of the National
Lawyers Guild 2009
"A Practice
Guide for Representing U Visa Applicants With Criminal Convictions or
Criminal History" by Ann Benson & Jonathan Moore
Recommended Materials:
Marmolejo-Campos v. Holder, 559
F.3d 903 (9th Cir., 2009)
U and VAWA
Updates
Gail Pendleton and Sonia Parras-Konrad will lead this discussion of new
practice pointers emerging from recent meetings with Citizenship and
Immigration Services. Topics on U visas include preparing
effective
declarations, substantial abuse arguments, inadmissibility waivers and
bona fide work authorization requests, framining indirect victim cases,
processing cases abroad and expediting cases for prima facie decisions.
For VAWA, topics include framinig good faith marriage arguments and
asking for help from Vermont Service Center in overcoming knotty
adjustment issues.
Title: U and VAWA Updates
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
Cost: $50 (please send a check to Asista 3101 Ingersoll Ave., Ste
210, Des Moines, IA 50312)
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/163764232
After registering you will receive a
confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer
Webinar Materials:
USCIS
Questions
and
Answers
June
30, 2009; Filing T, U, and VAWA Petitions
with USCIS
Advance
Questions/Discussion
Topics
for
VSC
Meeting, August 20, 2009
Powerpoint
presentation
ASISTA in conjunction with
the USDOJ Office on Violence Against Women holds a Webinar on Waivers of Inadmissibility for U Visa
Applicants
April 10, 2009. View the materials.
Asista has compiled a list of
Officials who have signed U Visa certifications. If you would
like information about this list, or you have officials in your area
who should be added to the list, please email
Jackie Santana or call us at 515-244-2469.
ASISTA in conjunction with
the USDOJ Office on Violence Against Women holds a Webinar on adjustment
of status under the U visa in Spanish for bilingual advocates and attorneys, March 12,
2009.
View the Power Point
Presentation
here. View the sample questionnaire here.
View
the
sample
intake
here.
Asista has moved!
Our new address is
Asista
3101 Ingersoll
Ave., Ste 210
Des Moines,
IA 50312
The 7th Circuit
joined the 5th and 10th in finding no jurisdiction over IJ decisions
regarding the extreme cruelty prong. Read
this
opinion
here.
Gail Pendleton, Co-Director of
Asista, and Ellen Kemp, director of legal
advocacy of the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers
Guild, provide a summary of their recommendations to the new
administration for the first 100 days of the Obama Presidency. Access this document
here.
The National Network
to End Violence Against Immigrant Women Issues Fact Sheets on USCIS
Interem Rule regarding:
U Visa Adjustment
T Visa Adjustment
Filing Fees and Fee Waivers
for U and T Visas.
Click
here to read the LA Times Article By Anna Gorman, dated
January 26, 2009 on the U Visa and adjudication issues.
Read the latest
ASISTA newsletter here!
ASISTA in conjunction with
the USDOJ Office on Violence Against Women holds a Webinar on Remedies
under the U visa in Spanish for bilingual
advocates and attorneys, December 19.
ASISTA does webinar
on Advocating for Noncitizen Crime Survivors With Criminal
Convictions. View the Power Point presentation here!
Mission Statement
ASISTA is a partnership funded by the Office of Violence
Against Women.
Our purpose is to centralize assistance for advocates
and attorneys facing complex legal problems in advocating for immigrant
survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Many service providers are overwhelmed by the increasing
complexity of immigration law as it overlaps with other areas. Our
clearinghouse offers samples and best practices and our Consultants’
training services are available to enable service providers to more
thoroughly fulfill their purposes.
Immigrants are entitled to justice, including in the
areas of domestic abuse or sexual assault. All immigrant survivors
deserve access to essential services. Our goal is to enable service
providers to offer accurate and up-to-date help to immigrant survivors
of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Your opinion is important to us. Your comments,
criticisms or suggestions are welcome. Please contact us at questions@asistahelp.org.
Contact Us
|
ASISTA
3101 Ingersoll Ave., Ste 210
Des Moines, Iowa 50312
|
Phone: (515)
244-2469
Fax: (515) 868-0089
Email: questions@asistahelp.org |
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