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for more than 50 years of fighting for immigrant rights and keeping families together.

Victims of Crimes

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

The International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA)

International Violence Against Women Act, also known as I-VAWA, makes ending violence against women and girls a top diplomatic and foreign assistance priority by codifying, implementing and giving Congressional oversight to preventing and responding to gender-based violence.

Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA)

In 2013, President Obama signed the reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), restoring an important tool in combating human trafficking. This reauthorization is an amendment to the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA), which strengthens protections for women threatened by domestic violence.

  • Text of VAWA / TVPRA (2013) [PDF]
  • Analysis of VAWA / TVPRA 2013 (ASISTA) [PDF]
  • Domestic Violence Expert Affidavit Guidelines [.doc]
  • VAWA Alert (2012) [PDF]
  • USCIS VAWA Memo (2008) [PDF]
  • VAWA Press Release (2008) [.doc]

WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

U Visa

Congress created the U nonimmigrant visa in 2000 when it passed the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act. Its purpose was to encourage immigrants to report crimes to law enforcement and also to afford protection for those willing to cooperate.

Visit our Workplace U Visa Resources page to

Learn More

National Employment Law Project
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PRACTICE MANUAL: U Visas for Victims of Crime in the Workplace [PDF]

This comprehensive, 200-page manual includes in its appendices the USDOL and state U visa certification protocols. (May, 2014)

For more recent developments, including the revised U Visa protocol issued by California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (CA DFEH) and the US Department of Labor's 2015 changes to U Visa and T Visa protocols, visit UVisa.html

U Visa fact sheet

FACT SHEET: U Visa Immigration Remedy for Workers Facing Abuse [PDF]

Helpful links:

  • ASISTA
  • Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS)
  • CGRS domestic violence/asylum listserv: Contact Amberjae Freeman at freemana@uchastings.edu
  • Just-Pay.org
  • Legal Momentum
  • National Domestic Workers Alliance
  • National Employment Law Project
  • National Immigration Law Center
  • National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence

Contact

National Immigration Project
of the National Lawyers Guild
2201 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20007

Telephone: (617) 227-9727
Fax: (617) 227-5495

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