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Rolling Back Protections for Domestic Violence Victims
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) that passed last month on a vote of 68 to 31, with strong bipartisan support...Unfortunately, Republican leaders in the House have taken a different approach, with the introduction of H.R. Rep.
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Battered immigrant women fear deportation if they report plight
Tegucigalpa :: Honduras | over 1 year ago
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But many women especially those who entered illegally do not know that they are entitled to such relief...Gonzalez, who came from Nicaragua, obtained a protection order against a man she was involved with, then cooperated with legal authorities to
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For battered immigrant women, fear of deportation becomes abusers' weapon
Tegucigalpa :: Honduras | over 1 year ago
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Teresa Gomez, a Salvadoran woman in her 20s, and Margaret Ashong, a grandmother from Ghana, endured regular beatings, threats and insults by the fathers of their children. Like many battered immigrant women, they mostly suffered in silence, fearful
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