LEGAL SERVICES
CAST’s legal services program works collaboratively with clients, community-based organizations, public-interest attorneys, and numerous government agencies to ensure survivors of trafficking are provided linguistically appropriate, culturally sensitive, and victim-centered legal services. Legal services include representation in removal proceedings, securing release from detention, advocacy to protect rights as victim witnesses, preparation for criminal trial, advocacy to obtain Continued Presence and Certification as a trafficking victim to establish eligibility for refugee benefits, assistance in filing T-Visa, U-Visa, and VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) applications, and obtaining child custody and restraining orders. To comprehensively respond to survivors’ urgent legal needs, CAST coordinates networks of pro bono attorneys and founded the Trafficking Legal Clinic (TLC), the first legal services clinic dedicated to servicing trafficking survivors in the United States. Then follow with: To date, CAST has a 100% track record in successfully obtaining T visas on behalf of its clients.