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Stricter laws around immigration are making domestic violence survivors who fear deportation stay silent. “It’s a particularly difficult time for immigrant survivors and those who help them,” says Gail Pendleton, co-founder and executive director of ASISTA, an organization that supports immigrant survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. “I’ve been working in immigration rights since the 1980s and I’ve never seen this level of antagonism toward immigrants and women.”
Recent changes in U visa laws give domestic violence survivors fewer protections. These visas are given to people who cooperate with police, so survivors often have them granted in conjunction with cases against their abusers.
With the recent change, immigrants can be deported while they are waiting for their visas. That risk makes it less likely they will report crimes or cooperate with the police. As a result, immigrant survivors are more likely to return to a home where their partner freely abuses them. But, it’s a public safety issue as well—when people are hesitant to work with police, it’s harder for police to stop crime, putting both survivors and the general public in danger, especially considering most mass shootings in the U.S. are rooted in domestic violence.
Immigrants who are facing domestic violence can stay safer with some advance planning.
Your support gives hope and help to victims of domestic violence every day.
Advocates need to build trust with immigrant survivors, so survivors know where they can turn for help and know that the people helping them will not help them get deported. You can also:
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