Description
ASISTA Special Webinar
During this webinar, Serving South Asian Immigrant Survivors: Challenges, Opportunities, and Emerging Trends, our special guests will provide an overview of national trends and common legal challenges facing South Asian immigrant survivors in the United States. Following this overview, they will offer insights into the nuances of safety planning and access to benefits, including educational benefits, for noncitizen South Asian survivors impacted by lack of immigration status, the long wait for lawful permanent residence experienced by South Asian immigrants on employment-based visas, ongoing Islamophobia, and rising anti-immigrant rhetoric and state legislation. This webinar will also include a discussion of the successful advocacy efforts that resulted in the I-765V work authorization benefit for survivors of battery or extreme cruelty married to nonimmigrants in H, E-3, G, and A status, and the process for accessing this crucial benefit.
Speakers:
- Aparna Bhattacharyya, Executive Director, Raksha
- Amrita Doshi, Executive Director, South Asian SOAR
- Nisha Karnani, Partner, Antonini & Cohen Immigration Law
- Yasmine Ramachandra, Digital Organizing Manager, South Asian SOAR
- Cristina Velez, Legal & Policy Director, ASISTA
Disclaimer: Content is current as of date of recording. It is your responsibility to ensure content is up to date. Written materials accompany the recording. Please note that you will not receive CLE credit for watching the recording.
