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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A10404Enacts the Voices of Immigrant Communities Empowering Survivors (VOICES) Act which provides certification to certain immigrant victims of qualifying criminal activity.
Requires state and local law enforcement and other entities to issue U and T visa certifications to qualifying immigrant crime victims upon request (with deadlines, presumptions of helpfulness, appeal processes, confidentiality rules, and reporting), and repeals an existing law on law enforcement's
A certifying official or entity denies certification under this section, the official or entity shall, in writing, notify the petitioner of the reason for the denial.
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Mandates that certifying entities (including law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, and others) must process and issue immigration-related certifications (I-918B, I-914B) for U/T visas to immigrant victims of qualifying crimes or trafficking who are helpful or likely to be helpful, with strict 30/7/7
Upon the request of a victim or a petitioner, a certifying official shall, in writing, certify that a victim has been helpful on a certification form designated by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services if: (i) the victim is a victim of qualifying criminal activity or human trafficking; and (ii) the victim has been helpful, is being helpful or is likely to be helpful to the detection or investigation or prosecution of the qualifying criminal activity or human trafficking.
Prohibits certifying entities from disclosing a victim's immigration status except in limited cases, makes related documents confidential, allows certification without petitioner presence or ID, deems language barriers not a refusal, expands who can be certified (direct, indirect, bystander victims)
Certifying entities and certifying officials are prohibited from disclosing the immigration status of a victim or other petitioner unless such disclosure is: (i) required by federal law or legal process; or (ii) authorized by the victim or other petitioner.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill enacts the VOICES Act to require and regulate issuance of U/T visa certifications by state/local law enforcement and other entities to immigrant victims of qualifying crimes/trafficking (with timelines, presumptions, confidentiality, reporting, and expanded victim categories), repeals Social Services Law 483-dd on law enforcement immigration assistance, and limits status disclosures; all provisions limit state/local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and expand protections for immigrant victims seeking immigration benefits.
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