Two-Part Webinar Series: Immigrant Children Who are Survivors of Sex Trafficking
December 2, 2021 & December 9, 2021
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm ET
The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) is pleased to announce the two-part webinar series, Immigrant Children Who are Survivors of Sex Trafficking. This webinar series will provide participants with an overview of the legal rights and protections of immigrant children who are victims of commercial sex trafficking. The first session will provide participants with resources and tools to assist judges in providing assistance to immigrant children who are victims of human trafficking to be able to qualify for immigration relief. The second session will guide judges on how to direct parties and child welfare to take the steps needed to ensure that child sex trafficking victims receive all of the forms of help and assistance including state and federal public benefits that they are legally eligible to receive.
Session One:
Legal Protections for Immigrant Children Who Are Victims of Human Trafficking
Faculty: Judge Susan Breall and Leslye Orloff
Date: December 2, 2021
Time: 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm ET
This 90-minute webinar will provide an overview of the protections available under federal immigration laws, federal and state public benefits law, and state family laws for immigrant children who are victims of commercial sex trafficking. this session will highlight the important roles judges play in providing U and T visa certifications and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status findings needed for immigrant sex-trafficked children to file for immigration relief designed by Congress to protect them.
Session Two:
Legal Rights of Immigrant Child Commercial Sex Trafficking Survivors: Public Benefits, Housing, and Victim Services
Faculty: Judge Ramona Gonzalez and Leslye Orloff
Date: December 9, 2021
Time: 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm ET
This 90-minute webinar will discuss the range of publicly funded victim and social services programs, legal assistance, and the wide range of services and assistance that are legally available to child victims of commercial sex trafficking and their non-abusive family members regardless of immigration status. This session will cover how judges can direct parties and child welfare agencies to take the steps needed to ensure that child sex trafficking victims receive all the forms of federal and state-funded benefits and assistance they are legally eligible to receive.
For more information about this webinar series, or to cancel or modify your registration, please contact Malika Fahie, Program Specialist, NCJFCJ, at mfahie@ncjfcj.org.