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Recent News and Events:
ASISTA and
OVW to provide advanced and intermediate training in San Antonio, TX
May 19-21.
ACLU reaches settlement with a Michigan
domestic violence survivor, a private housing complex, and a
property management company that will offer anti-discrimination
protections and the options of early lease termination and/or
relocation to victims of domestic violence, stalking, dating
violence, and sexual assault.
Read the Press Release.
View the case documents in Lewis v. North End Village, including the
affirmative policies the defendants agreed to implement as part of
the settlement, at
www.aclu.org/fairhousingforwomen.
EOIR Immigration Court
Practice Manual Released. New rules go into effect April 1,
2008. Manual available for use or download at
U.S. Department of Justice EOIR Immigration Court Practice Manual
9th Circuit rules on U Visa cases regarding BIA refusal to reopen a
U Visa case because the qualifying crime was not charged.
Sanchez-Ramirez v. Mukasey, F.3d. 1254, (9th Cir., Dec., 2007.).
Notes from Q&A with DHS
officials on the U Visa interim regulations at the National Network
to End Violence Against Immigrant Women Conference in November now
available.
Notes from Q&A with ICE and CBP
at National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women
Conference in November now available.
ASISTA writes
statement of interest in
Hague case.
U-Visa Interim Regulations
12/19/07 BIA rules that sentence
enhancement may be treated as an element of an offense in some
circumstances. Matter of
Martinez-Zapata, 24 I.& N. 424 (BIA
Dec. 19, 2007).
12/13/07 BIA rules on two cases,
establishing guidelines for when a simple possession may be a
recidivist possession. In the first case,
the Board laid out procedures for use in "cases involving aliens
alleged to have state offenses corresponding to 'recidivist
possession' in the absence of controlling circuit law.'
Matter of Carachuri-Rosendo,
24 I.&N. 382 (BIA Dec. 13, 2007).
In the second of
these, the Board used these guidelines to decide
Matter of Thomas,
24 I.&N. Dec. 416 (BIA Dec. 13, 2007).
12/6/07
Ninth Circuit holds that
petitioner was effectively denied his statutory right to be
represented by counsel after the IJ refused to grant a continuance.
The order that petitioner voluntarily depart from the United States
is vacated, and the case is remanded to the BIA for further
proceedings consistent with this opinion.
12/3/07
Ninth Circuit denies petition for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order denying his
special motion to reopen so that he could apply for a waiver of
inadmissibility pursuant to former 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c) (1994).1 due
to the fact of Avila’s prior deportation and subsequent illegal
reentry. In addition, it refused to allow him to collaterally attack
prior proceedings.
12/4/07
Ninth Circuit remands case to
BIA for U Visa application even though the qualifying crime was not
the crime charged.
11/29/07
Ninth Circuit holds that Plaintiff is a class member under the class
action settlement agreement in American Baptist Churches v.
Thornburgh, 760 F. Supp. 796 (N.D. Cal. 1991) (“ABC” or “ABC
Agreement”).
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.
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questions@asistaonline.org.
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