U Visas for Workplace Crimes

Friday November 07
2014

  • By: Immigration Advocates Network, Southern Poverty Law Center, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild & Asista
  • Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Time Zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada)
  • Location:
    This event takes place online.
    Webinar/Teleseminar, United States
  • Source: Immigration Advocates Network > IAN Nonprofit Resource Center

The Immigration Advocates Network (IAN) is excited to announce its third annual e-conference, "Cutting Edge Issues in Immigration Law," from November 3 to November 7, 2014. Join us for a week-long series of interactive online trainings with national experts in screening and intake, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, the grounds of inadmissibility, advocacy for clients with criminal complications, and U Visas. We explore the issues through the lens of current events and latest developments in the law. The cost of each two-hour training session is $25. Your support helps IAN offer free trainings and resources throughout the year.

About this Session:
This session will cover U Visas for victims of workplace-based crime, including how to screen and frame the case, safe reporting of crimes, showing nexus to substantial harm, and examples of workplace cases. In addition, it will offer an update on U Visa latest policies, best practices, and troubleshooting with USCIS. The panelists are Eunice Hyunhye Cho, Staff Attorney, Immigrant Justice Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center; Ellen Kemp, Director of Legal Advocacy, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild; and, Sonia Parras-Konrad and Gail Pendleton, Co-founders of ASISTA.

Registration:
For more information and to register, visit http://www.immigrationadvocates.org/econference/.

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