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Immigration Options for Victims of Crime
A 2010 USCIS brochure on the T (trafficking victim), U (crime victim), and VAWA (victims of domestic violence) options. For details on each of these visas, conduct a search on the USCIS site: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis

Immigration Detainers: A Comprehensive Look
What is an immigration detainer and how does it work? Are detainers only placed on unauthorized immigrants? What happens after an immigration detainer has expired? What are the consequences of immigration detainers? In order to better understand immigration detainers’ function and impact, the Immigration Policy Center (IPC) provided a Fact Check in February 2010 to shed much needed light on this often misunderstood immigration enforcement tool.
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/immigration-detainers-comprehensive-look

Court-issued Warrant vs an ICE warrant
ICE cannot enter a home without a court-issued warrant; the ICE warrant is not sufficient. According to Eddie Summers, Charlottesville Immigration Center, es@ocho.com, “The immigrant can ask to see a warrant – slid under the door, for example – but there is no guarantee they can tell the difference, even if they are fluent in English. Warrant or no, the immigrant can refuse to answer the door or refuse to allow the ICE agent in. If it is the police and they have a criminal warrant, they will generally come in whether you open the door or not.” For a related excerpt from a transcript of an August 2008 podcast between John Seaman, a senior legal instructor with the Legal Division at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and Jenna Solari, a senior legal instructor with the FLETC Legal Division, visit: http://www.fletc.gov/training/programs/legal-division/podcasts/hot-issues-podcasts/hot-issues-transcripts/ice-administrative-removal-warrants-podcast-transcript.html

Preparing for a Future Benefits Program: A guide for individuals and organizations
A discussion and list of documents, prepared by the Charlottesville Immigration Law Center in 2006, about what documents Latinos and other immigrants should obtain to be eligible for benefits. http://cvilc.com/outreach.html

The Naturalization Interview and Test
This USCIS page offers a video about the process, including several simulated interviews, and links to many other resources.