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This Guide (second edition) provides attorneys with a general overview of human trafficking law in Massachusetts in an effort to help attorneys identify victims of human trafficking and determine how to meet their legal and non-legal needs.  It provides attorneys with a foundation…

Screening tool and overview of visas available for for non-citizens. Have a client who is a non-citizen?  Want to learn if they have any options and if they should be referred to an immigration lawyer? Take a look at this screening tool and overview to understand what visas your client…

This series of guides were designed to be used by advocates for survivors of domestic and sexual violence when working directly with survivors. There are guides for Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties of Massachusetts, as well as guides for those working with immigrant survivors of…

Healing the Damage: Trauma and Immigrant Families in the Child Welfare System, by the Migration and Child Welfare National Network, provides public child welfare and community-based agencies working with immigrant families with guidelines for integrating child welfare practice with trauma-informed…

Overview The National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project at American University Washington College of Law conducted a nationwide survey of immigrant victim’s advocates and attorneys to learn about the experiences of immigrant and Limited English Proficiency (“LEP”) victims…

The U visa provides legal status to victims of certain serious crimes who have suffered substantial physical or mental harm and can document cooperation with law enforcement. If favorably adjudicated, the U visa grants permission to remain and work in the U.S. for up to four years, and allows…