Re: Immigration issues and domestic violence/sexual...

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Another organization that has worked closely on immigration issues pertaining to domestic abuse and provisions to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to further protect battered immigrant women is the National Organization for Women Legal Defense and Education Fund (NOW LDEF), Immigrant Women Program. Their Washington, DC office can be reached at (202) 326-0040 or via e-mail at iwp@....

Hope this helps!

Molla

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Molla Sarros, MPH

Clinical Data Manager

Farmworker Health Services, Inc.

1221 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 5

Washington, DC 20005

phone: 202-347-7377

fax: 202-347-6385

www.farmworkerhealth.org

In a message dated 6/27/2002 2:03:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, sfreedman@... writes:

Subj:RE: [ ] Immigration issues and domestic violence/sexual assault.

Date:6/27/2002 2:03:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time

From: sfreedman@... ( Freedman)

Reply-to:

Because immigration law is so complicated, I would also recommend contacting

an agency specializing in legal assistance for battered immigrants. Another

agency you might want to contact is the National Immigration Project of the

National Lawyers Guild in Boston, MA (617) 227-9727.

The Violence Against Women Act has created two forms of relief for battered

immigrants: self petitioning and cancellation of removal. Also there is the

newly created U-Visa. Any agency providing legal assistance to battered

immigrant women will be able to thoroughly explain what the requirements are

for these forms of relief.

Good luck!

Freedman, MSPH

Program Director

Migrant Clinicians Network

Ph: (512)327-2017

Fax: (512)327-0719

sfreedman@...

www.migrantclinician.org

> -----Original Message-----

> From: campdian [mailto:campdian@...]

> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 10:52 AM

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> Subject: [ ] Immigration issues and domestic

> violence/sexual assault.

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> Hello,

>

> I have a long question pertaining to domestic violence and people who

> are not in the United States legally. Is it true that an undocumented

> woman can file for a waiver of deportation if there has been

> substantiated domestic violence in the home as long as the woman has

> been married for two years? I believe INS form 360 covers this,

> however, what does a woman in the same situation do if she has not been

> married two years or if she is not married at all but has been with her

> partner for a long time? Does she have any recourse?

>

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