I'm reviewing US Code Title 12 as I develop policy ideas in regards to immigration and the crisis at our Southern Border, and I wanted to share this:
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// Battered Immigrant Women; Findings and Purposes Pub. L. 106–386, div. B, title V, §1502, Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1518, provided that: "(a) Findings.—Congress finds that—
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"(1) the goal of the immigration protections for battered immigrants included in the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 [Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, see Tables for classification]
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was to remove immigration laws as a barrier that kept battered immigrant women and children locked in abusive relationships; //
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I would like to remind everyone that VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) has expired. The 2019 reauthorization act (HR 1585) passed the House (no thanks to Don Bacon) and has been sitting in the Senate since the beginning of April.
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Without VAWA's reauthorization, battered immigrant women have lost valuable and needed protections for both their safety and their immigration status.
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VAWA should be reauthorized immediately. For every day the Senate doesn't reauthorize HR 1585, they are allowing violence against women belonging to a vulnerable population. Remind them of that when they claim to care about human trafficking.
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