This post contains links shared and resources referenced during the July 29, 2026 Legal Working Group call. Consider joining our calls to benefit from the live discussion and context within which these resources were shared.
Resources shared & referenced
- T visas
- Assessing & advising on risk
- ASISTA
- Factors to Weigh When Considering a T Visa (2026)
- 100 Days Later: Representing Immigrant Survivors in Tumultuous Times (2025 training)
- Working with Survivors at Risk of Removal (webpage of resources)
- ILRC
- CAST
- ASISTA
- Prosecutorial discretion towards T applicants & T nonimmigrants Assessing
- 8 CFR § 214.214(b): “ICE will maintain a policy regarding the exercise of discretion toward all applicants for T nonimmigrant status and T nonimmigrants.” (emphasis added).
- 8 CFR § 214.204(o)(2): “ICE may agree, as a matter of discretion, to join such motion to overcome any applicable time and numerical limitations of 8 CFR 1003.2 and 1003.23.”
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ICWC v. Noem
- Center for Human Rights & Constititutional Law
- Public Counsel, Federal Court Halts ICE’s Illegal Detention and Deportation of Immigrant Survivors of Crimes
- ICE Directive 11005.3, Using a Victim-Centered Approach with Noncitizen Crime Victims
- ICE Memo, Prosecutorial Discretion: Certain Victims, Witnesses, and Plaintiffs (Jun. 17, 2011)
- T AOS
- CAST T AOS Checklist (2025)
- USCIS jurisdiction over T adjustment
- 8 CFR § 245.23(d)
- Preamble to 2024 Final Rule at 34867
- I-485 instructions (1/20/25 edition) at p. 25
- Applicants with unexecuted orders of removal
- USCIS Policy Manual section on T AOS discretionary analysis (and reference to outstanding orders of removal)
- Motions to reopen resources
- NILA
- NILA & AIC MTR Basics (2022)
- NILA & ABA In Absentia Orders (2024)
- Templates available here
- ASAP & CLINIC MTR guide (2019)
- AIC in absentia advisory (2010)
- NILA
- NIPNLG
- IJC motions to reopen info & samples
- Other removal resources
Example collections
- Human Rights Watch & Alliance for Immigrant Survivors example collection of ICE enforcement against survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, & other crimes
- AILA Call for Examples: Delay in Receipt Notices (any application type), AILA Doc. 26040901
- AILA Enforcement Tracker, AILA Doc. 26011603
Important Legal Working Group updates - starting February 4, 2026!
We're restructuring our Legal Working Group calls to enhance our technical assistance and ensure everyone gets the most out of these sessions.
New monthly call structure:
- 1st Wednesday: Trafficking analysis questions only
- 3rd Wednesday: Trauma-informed/non-legal topics only
- All other calls: General legal questions
Requirements to submit a trafficking analysis question for a 1st Wednesday call:
- You must have completed Human Trafficking Defined (including passing the quiz) OR an EMP Analysis Workshop. This ensures everyone has the foundational framework for us to effectively walk through the analysis. Any legal practitioner is welcome to attend and listen to the analysis during a 1st Wednesday call, however!
- If you've completed an EMP worksheet for the case, we'll prioritize your question when we receive multiple submissions.
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