Immigrant / Refugee Content Topic Results

This brief covers data and statistics on low-income children in the U.S. living in immigrant families. The brief includes an overview of federal and state policy involving immigrant access to vital services/public benefits, e.g. food stamps.

This resource gives background information and best practice recommendations for those serving immigrant children and families dealing with family violence.

This is a report of findings from a three-week mission to examine the protection of adolescent girls, with a particular focus on education and reproductive health in refugee camps.

The Community Engagement Continuum documents a range of innovative community based approaches in the anti-violence movement and clarifies the goals of engagement. This model encourages a more strategic approach to all four levels and offers tools towards realistic step-by-step implementation.

This document, in Q&A format, provides basic information on hiring discrimination, workplace safety, health care, language rights, wages and hours, joining a labor union and law enforcement actions.

This handbook highlights the importance of culture and provides guidance to develop cultural competency at the individual and organizational levels.

The article concludes with recommendations for research, training, and legislation that may increase safe outcomes for battered mothers and their children.

This legal guide contains information in chapter format ranging from An Overview of Human Trafficking, T Nonimmigrant Visas, Continued Presence, Benefits for Victims, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Children, and resources for advocates.

The collection of documents address legislation aimed at both legal and illegal immigrants and its potentially harmful effects on victims of domestic violence and trafficking. The documents also provide additional resources for research and assistance.

This paper summarizes efforts undertaken by the National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence to develop responses to the particular challenges and barriers faced by Spanish-speaking Latina survivors and by organizations serving them. Included here are guidelines for developing Spanish-language material.

Provides a summary of efforts made by the Alianza to understand and respond to the barriers and challenges and concludes with recommendations for service providers to develop culturally and linguistically appropriate materials.

"This report calls attention to the problem of sexual abuse in immigration detention centers in the United States, focusing on three central issues: (1) the considerable and troubling reported record of sexual abuse of detainees, (2) the lack of substantive policies and procedures in place to address such abuse, and (3) immigration officials' refusal to allow independent monitoring of conditions for detainees.& Through this report, Stop Prisoner Rape calls on U.S.