• AAO Finds 20-Year-Old Eligible as SIJ (Oct 18, 2007) (.pdf - 412 KB)

• USCIS Adopts AAO Decision Relating to Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (Aug 20, 2007) (.pdf - 174 KB)

• USCIS Response to CIS Ombudsman Recommendations on SIJ Adjudications (Jul 13, 2011) (.pdf - 1060 KB)

• USCIS Policy Memorandum on Implementation of the Perez-Olano Settlement (Apr 5, 2011) (.pdf - 140 KB)

• USCIS Final Policy Memorandum on Fee Waiver Guidelines (Mar 25, 2011) (.pdf - 103 KB)

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• VOICE March/April 2011 (Mar 2, 2011)

• VOICE September 2010 (Sep 1, 2010) (.pdf - 9140 KB)

• Pro Bono Newsletter (May 24, 2006) (May 24, 2006) (.pdf - 32 KB)

• The Immigrant Children Lawyers Network (ICLN) (Jul 11, 2006)

• CA3 Upholds District Director Denial of Consent to Dependency Hearing (Nov 7, 2003)

• Notice of Proposed Settlement and Hearing on Special Immigrant Juveniles (Nov 4, 2010) (.pdf - 59 KB)

• Text of Enrolled Version of H.R. 3402, Containing VAWA 2005 (Jan 6, 2006) (.pdf - 445 KB)

• Summary of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 3402) (Dec 23, 2005) (.pdf - 213 KB)

• Summary of VAWA 2005’s Immigration Provisions, Prepared by Legal Momentum (Dec 21, 2005) (.pdf - 106 KB)

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• Manual from the Bi-National Conference on Protections & Due Process for Unaccompanied Children (El Paso) (Jun 7, 2006)

• DHS Proposed Rule on Special Immigrant Juvenile Petitions (Sep 6, 2011)

• DHS Final Rule on USCIS Fee Schedule (Updated 11/16/10) (Nov 16, 2010)

• HHS Comment Request on Reunification Procedures for Unaccompanied Alien Children (Nov 2, 2010)

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• CIS Ombudsman Teleconference on Special Immigrant Juveniles (Jul 11, 2012) (.pdf - 909 KB)

• USCIS Announces Comment Request on Proposed Changes to SIJ Regulations (Sep 6, 2011) (.pdf - 69 KB)

• USCIS Presentation on Immigration Relief for Vulnerable Populations (Aug 8, 2011) (.pdf - 327 KB)

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• All Position Papers and Backgrounders in One (Updated 5/22/08) (May 22, 2008) (.pdf - 179 KB)

• Protecting Unaccompanied Children (Mar 9, 2005) (.pdf - 186 KB)

• Colorado Chapter USCIS Liaison Minutes (9/7/11) (Sep 7, 2011) (.pdf - 525 KB)

• Central Florida Chapter – Jacksonville USCIS Liaison Minutes (9/1/10) (Dec 13, 2010) (.pdf - 34 KB)

• Colorado Chapter USCIS Liaison Minutes (11/10/10) (Nov 10, 2010) (.pdf - 563 KB)

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• AILA Comments on Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant (Jan 3, 2013) (.pdf - 509 KB)

• AILA Comments on Special Immigrant Juvenile Proposed Rules (Nov 10, 2011) (.pdf - 98 KB)

• AILF-AILA Comment to May 21 NACARA Rule (Jul 26, 1999)

• The University of Houston’s Law School Clinical Program: A Lesson in Helping the Less Fortunate (Nov 1, 2006) (.pdf - 409 KB)

• Transcript of Teleconference on Special Immigrant Juveniles (Sep 8, 2006)

• Round-Up of Immigration Related Legislation (October- December 2011) (Dec 27, 2011)

• Text of the Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Reform Act (S. 1639) (Jun 19, 2007) (.pdf - 1040 KB)

• Section-by-Section Summary of the STRIVE Act (Working Draft, Updated 4/16/07) (Apr 16, 2007) (.pdf - 608 KB)

• CRS Report on Unauthorized People’s Access to Federal Benefits (Sep 24, 2012) (.pdf - 818 KB)

• CIS Ombudsman 2011 Annual Report to Congress (Jun 29, 2011) (.pdf - 4818 KB)

• Appleseed Report on the Screening and Protection of Children at the U.S.-Mexico Border (May 6, 2011)

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• Minnesota State Court Decision on Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (Jan 15, 2013) (.pdf - 530 KB)

• INS Commissioner at Nat'l Immigration Forum Conference (Feb 13, 2002)