Immigration Provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

Kandel, William A.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Violence;    Family violence;    Crimes against women;    Women;   

RP-ID  :  R42477
RP-ID  :  R42477_2012Apr10

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report describes how the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) provisions work in practice. It discusses improvements suggested by immigration attorneys and law enforcement observers to increase the utilization of VAWA provisions by abused foreign nationals as well as ways to reduce immigration fraud. The report closes with possible immigration-related issues that Congress may choose to consider should it reauthorize VAWA.