Lawyers Manual - Unified Court System

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petitioning Battered Spouses and Children with Approved I-360 Petitions
(Dec. 22, 1998), on the VAWA Resources link for NIP members,
http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org (accessed Aug. 14, 2006).
68. As with the VAWA self-petition, an exception exists where the domestic
violence victim is also a victim of bigamy. INA § 240A(b)(2)(A)(i)(III).
69. INA § 240A(b)(2).
70. For a Board of Immigration Appeals analysis of “extreme cruelty” to a
child where the mother had suffered extensive physical abuse by the
permanent resident father, see BIA Decision on Extreme Cruelty (to
Children), November 2001, http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org
(accessed August 15, 2006), on the VAWA Resources link for NIP
members.
71. INA § 240A(b)(2)(A)(i).
72. For a discussion of strategies when a potential VAWA cancellation
applicant faces criminal bars to admissibility, see 5 Gordon, Mailman &
Yale-Loehr, Immigration Law & Procedure § 64.04[6][b][iii].
73. 8 CFR § 1240.58(c). See also, Memorandum from Paul Virtue, INS General
Counsel, to Terrance O’Reilly, Director, Administrative Appeals Office, File
No. HQ 90/15-P, HQ 70/8-P, “Extreme Hardship” and Documentary
Requirements Involving Battered Spouses and Children (Oct. 16, 1998),
reproduced in 76 Interpreter Releases 162 (Jan. 25, 1999), on the VAWA
Resources link for NIP members, http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org
(accessed August 15, 2006).
74. Form EOIR 42B, http://www.usdoj.gov/eoir/eoirforms/instru42b.htm
(accessed August 15, 2006).
75. INA § 240A(b)(4). See also 5 Gordon, Mailman & Yale-Loehr,
Immigration Law & Procedure § 64.04[6][c][ii].
76. For a more detailed discussion of the T and U visa remedies under the
VTVPA, see Gail Pendleton, “Relief for Domestic Violence Survivors and
for Victims of Crimes: Update on VAWA 2000, Trafficking and U Visas,”
http://www.asistaonline.org/legalresources/U_Visa/
U-Visa_Update_on_VAWA_2000.pdf (accessed on August 14, 2006).
77. Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, Pub. L.
106-386, 114 Stat. 1464 (Oct. 28, 2000). For a more detailed discussion of
T Visas, see Gail Pendleton, “Relief for Trafficking Victims” in American