Special immigrant juvenile status and other immigration options for children and youth
By: by Angie Junck, Alison Kamhi, and Rachel Prandini, ILRC Attorneys ; with Kristen Jackson and Helen Lawrence ; The Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Edition: 4th edition.
Publisher: Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Published: 2015
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Subjects: Emigration and immigration law; Immigrant children; Legal status, laws
Other titles: Special immigrant juvenile status
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview; title: Working with children and youth; title: Introduction and overview to special immigrant juvenile status; title: Eligibility for special immigrant juvenile status; title: Eligibility for adjustment of status to permanent residency for special immigrant juveniles; title: Risks and benefits of applying; title: State juvenile courts and obtaining SIJS findings in juvenile courts; title: Affirmative special immigrant juvenile status cases; title: Defensive special immigrant juvenile status cases; title: U nonimmigrant status ("U Visa"); title: Violence Against Women Act relief; title: Asylum, withholding of/Restriction on removal and Convention against Torture protection; title: Family-based immigration; title: Citizenship for children and youth; title: Human trafficking and T visas; title: Other immigration options; title: Immigration consequences of juvenile delinquency and crime; title: Detention of children and youth.