The Immigrant Women & Children Project recruits and trains volunteer attorneys to help immigrant victims of domestic violence seek freedom from their abusers and attain legal immigration status in the United States.  The Project was developed to assist women and children prepare self-petitions to regularize their immigration status without relying on the sponsorship of an abusive spouse or parent.  Volunteer attorneys assist clients with the preparation of immigration applications, including those needed to obtain work authorization.  This group also has a Trafficking in Persons project which assists victims of trafficking - individuals who are illegally brought into one country from another and then exploited through control or force.  The project represents victims of trafficking in obtaining legal immigration status and public benefits, as well as providing counseling on civil, criminal and other legal issues.