September 22nd, 2008
U.S. Immigration Policy: The Specific Harms To Women and Children
As several recent articles remind us, women immigrants in the U.S. are truly between a rock and a hard place when it comes to domestic violence. According to the Boston Globe,
“Immigrants account for a disturbingly high share of domestic violence deaths in Massachusetts, advocates say, raising fears that the nation’s heated immigration debate is deterring […]
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