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Find out how to protect yourself from a wrongful restraining order. Restraining Order 911 offers fathers practical, intelligent advice on how to protect themselves. It teaches readers how to overturn unfair orders with facts and evidence, and how to present themselves in court so that they are taken seriously. Restraining Order 911 is available exclusively through: www.restrainingorder911.com. Check out the following links for helpful legal resources. While the best resource for legal advice in your case will be a lawyer in your area, some of these links should provide you with a better understanding of your situation. State Annulment Laws Immigration Benchbook For Juvenile and Family Court Judges American Legal Guide On Recording Telephone Conversations CA Family Law Case for Immigration Marriage Fraud CA Judges Guide To Domestic Violence Cases: Immigration and Domestic Violence Compilation of State Domestic Violence Laws A Criminal Defense Attorney's View Of The Domestic Violence Industry i) Without Restraint: The Use and Abuse of Domestic Restraining Orders (2010, SAVE) ii) Expanding definitions of Domestic Violence, Vanishing Rule of Law (2010, SAVE) iii) Perverse Incentives, False Allegations, and Forgotten Children (2010, SAVE) iv) An Epidemic of Civil Rights Abuses: Ranking of States' Domestic Violence Laws (2010, SAVE) i) Crespo vs. Crespo: 2008 Ruled the "preponderance of evidence" standard of the New Jersey Domestic Violence Act was unconstitutional because it violates Constitutionally-protected parental rights. ii) Woods vs. Shewry: 2008 Found that male victims of domestic violence are "similarly situated to women," so California statutes that define only women as domestic violence victims violate equal protection. American Bar Association, Commission Domestic Violence National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Family Violence Department |
FEDERAL LEGAL & IMMIGRATION RESOURCES call 1-866-DHS-2-ICE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT i) Text of the Violence Against Women Act, Public Law 109-162 ii) Comparison of the 1994, 2000, and 2005 versions of VAWA Guarding Against International Parental Child Abduction i) Child Abduction Prevention ii) 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction I-864 Affidavit of Support The following is taken from a section of the I-864, and directly affects immigration fraud victims: "Your obligation to support the immigrant(s) you are sponsoring in this affidavit of support will continue until the sponsored immigrant becomes a U.S. citizen, or can becredited with 40 qualifying quarters of work in the United States.Although 40 qualifying quarters of work (credits) generally equate to ten years of work, in certain cases the work of a spouse or parent adds qualifying quarters. The Social Security Administration can provide information on how to count qualifying quarters (credits) of work. The obligation also ends if you or the sponsored immigrant dies or if the sponsored immigrant ceases to be a lawful permanent resident and departs the United States. Divorce does not end the sponsorship obligation. Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 For information specific to Marriage Fraud, see section Chapter 75, Sec. 1547. OCHOA-ARTEGA v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL: 2010 The Attorney General, in turn, has the discretion to adjust the status of an alien VAWA self-petitioner to that of a lawful permanent resident. Hollander vs. USA, USCIS, & EOIR: 2008 Roy Den Hollander's Lawsuit Challenging VAWA Hollander's Amended Complaint Roy Den Hollander's Lawsuit Challenging VAWA, amended with additional plaintiffs Hollander vs. USA, USCIS, & EOIR: DISMISSED Roy Den Hollander's Lawsuit Challenging VAWA Dismissed; Currently Under Appeal Nguyen, Petioner vs. Mukasey, Attorney General Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Singh vs. DHS: 2007 Singh's motion to overturn a prior decision to deny his Application for Waiver of Requirement to file joint petition for removal of conditions. From the original decision to this case, a total of 18 years passed! United States vs. Morrison: 2000 Found VAWA's provision that gave victims of partner violence the right to sue their attackers in federal court is unconstitutional because it exceeded congressional power under the Commerce Clause and under section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Use the following names, addresses, and the links to your right to assist you in who to contact and who to write letters to. Honestly, they may not be of assistance to you, but if you reach one person that takes an interest in your case, then you will have accomplished something 75 Lower Welden St. Saint Albans, Vermont 05479 1-800-375-5283 USCIS Office of Fraud Detection and National Security 111 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20001 USCIS Eastern Operations Regional Office Acting Regional Director: J Scott Blackman 70 Kimball Ave South Burlington, VT 05403-6813 Phone: 802-660-5000 Fax: 802-660-5114 8:OOA - 4:40P (Mon - Fri) USCIS Central Operations Regional Office Regional Director: Evelyn Upchurch 7701 N. Stemmons Freeway Dallas, TX 75247 Phone: 214-905-5430 Fax: 214-905-5318 8:OOA - 4:30P (Mon - Fri) US Immigration and Customs Enforcement 866-347-2423 U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Citizenship 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law 2138 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 USCIS USCIS Office Locator US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE Office of Investigations US Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Executive Office for United States Attorneys US Attorneys Offices Find Your Senator Find Your Representative U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law |
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