How Do New DHS Labor Protections Benefit Immigrant Survivors?

May 31, 2023

Cost Free and Open to OVW LAV grantees/sub-grantees, STOP sub-grantees, and potential grantees

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How Do New DHS Labor Protections Benefit Immigrant Survivors?

Wednesday, May 31st, 2023, from 2-4pm ET

(1-3pm CT/12-2pm MT/11am-1pm PT/8-10am HT) 

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This webinar will explore Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) guidance on the protection of immigrant workers involved in labor disputes and its impact on immigrant survivors. The presenters will discuss the guidance and how its protections can provide stability to survivors while they pursue permanent immigration relief. The webinar will also include practical tips for practitioners who wish to incorporate this new form of protection into their survivor-based immigration law practice.

Speakers:  

  • Kelly Head, Staff Attorney, ASISTA
  • Cristina Velez, Legal and Policy Director, ASISTA
  • Lynn Damiano Pearson, Consulting Attorney, National Immigration Law Center

Note: An application for 2 TX MCLE credit hours is pending. 

Who can participate in this webinar? ASISTA is offering this webinar to OVW LAV grantees/sub-grantees, STOP sub-grantees, and potential grantees.

Registration closes on Friday, May 26 at 5:00pm ET

Please contact Maria Lazzarino at manager@asistahelp.org with any questions.

This project was supported by Grant No. 15JOVW-21-GK-02240-MUMU awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice.