{"id":7915,"date":"2015-01-29T01:46:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T09:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/?page_id=7915"},"modified":"2015-01-29T01:46:01","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T09:46:01","slug":"victims-of-trafficking-and-violence-protection-act-of-2000-vtvpa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/134","title":{"rendered":"Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (VTVPA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congress passed the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (VTVPA) in order to provide: individuals who have been victimized in the most severe fashion with the ability to: remain in the US (temporarily and in some cases longer) and receive federal and state assistance; protections for certain crime victims including victims of crimes against women; and law enforcement agencies with a comprehensive law that will enable them to pursue the prosecution and conviction of traffickers.<\/p>\n<p>This Webpage includes various agency links to information about the VTVPA, implementation of the law, and victim benefits and services.<\/p>\n<p>Those who may be interested in this information include:<\/p>\n<p>victims of a severe form of trafficking and non-governmental entities who may be working with such victims; law enforcement officers so that they may better understand who is considered a victim of a severe form of trafficking; and the general public on how the US Government will pursue traffickers of persons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Law and Regulations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (VTVPA) (P.L. 106-386) 10\/28\/00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regulations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Protection and Assistance for Victims of Trafficking<\/li>\n<li>Interim Rule 07\/24\/01<\/li>\n<li>Effective date: 08\/23\/01<\/li>\n<li>New Classification for Victims of Severe Forms of Trafficking in Persons; Eligibility for T Nonimmigrant Status<\/li>\n<li>Interim Rule 01\/31\/02<\/li>\n<li>Effective date: 03\/04\/02<\/li>\n<li>Comment period ends: 04\/01\/02<\/li>\n<li>New Classification for Victims of Certain Crimes; Eligibility for U Nonimmigrant Status<\/li>\n<li>Adjustment Procedures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Manuals, Handbooks, Guidance, and Brochures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance(2000 ed.) (DOJ), effective 1\/31\/00<br \/>\nVictim Witness Brochure for Law Enforcement Agencies<br \/>\nTrafficking in Persons: A Guide for Non-Governmental Organizations<\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications and Forms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Form I-914, Application for T Nonimmigrant Status (includes Supplements for Immediate Family Members and Federal Law Enforcement Officer&#8217;s Declaration)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Law Enforcement Training Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Victim Witness Brochure for Law Enforcement Agencies<\/p>\n<p><strong>T Nonimmigrant Status Application Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>T Nonimmigrant Application Process (INS) 01\/24\/02<\/p>\n<p><strong>U Nonimmigrant Status Application Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Assessment of Deferred Action in Requests for Interim Relief from U Nonimmigrant Status Eligible Aliens in Removal Proceedings<br \/>\n05\/06\/04 William R. Yates \/s\/ Janis Sposato HQOPS<br \/>\nCentralization of Interim Relief for U Nonimmigrant Status Applicants<br \/>\n10\/08\/03 William R. Yates \/s\/ Janis Sposato HQOPS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Press Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Notice to the Press: Public Release of the 2005 &#8220;Trafficking in Persons Report,&#8221; 6\/1\/05<br \/>\nNotice to the Press: Release of the Trafficking Report 06\/10\/04<br \/>\nSecretary of State Press Release: Release of Trafficking Report 06\/11\/03<br \/>\nSecretary of State Special Briefing: Release of Trafficking Report 06\/05\/02<br \/>\nDepartment of Justice Issues T Visa to Protect Women, Children and All Victims of Human Trafficking 01\/24\/02<br \/>\nT Nonimmigrant Application Process (INS) 01\/24\/02<br \/>\nAttorney General&#8217;s News Conference: Trafficking Regulations (07\/18\/01)<br \/>\nSecretary of State Press Release: Release of Trafficking Report (07\/12\/01)<br \/>\nWorker Exploitation Fact Sheet (DOJ) 03\/27\/01<br \/>\nTrafficking in Persons and Worker Exploitation Task Force (DOJ) (undated)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reports on Other Government Trafficking Efforts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Title of Report Issuing Agency Report Date<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trafficking in Persons Report Department of State 06\/3\/05<br \/>\nTrafficking in Persons Report Department of State 06\/10\/04<br \/>\nTrafficking in Persons Report Department of State 06\/09\/03<br \/>\nTrafficking in Persons Report Department of State 06\/05\/02<br \/>\nTrafficking in Persons: USAID&#8217;s Response US Agency for International Development 09\/01<br \/>\nTrafficking in Persons Report Department of State 07\/01<br \/>\nThe U.S. Government&#8217;s International Anti-Trafficking in Persons Initiatives Department of State 07\/12\/01<\/p>\n<p>Special Briefing on Release of the Trafficking Report Department of State 07\/12\/01<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Congress passed the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (VTVPA) in order to provide: individuals who have been victimized in the most severe fashion with the ability to: remain in the US (temporarily and in some cases longer) and receive federal and state assistance; protections for certain crime victims including victims&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"sidebar-innerpage.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7915","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","page-entry","loop-entry clr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7916,"href":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7915\/revisions\/7916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peerallylaw.com\/en\/content\/view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}