Battered Immigrants and U.S. Citizen Spouses

Thanks to Rob Sorensen for information on this important article:

Battered Immigrants and U.S. Citizen Spouses [PDF](April 2006) by Giselle Aguilar Hass, Nawal Ammar, and Leslye Orloff for Legal Momentum

Designed to help adjudicators who decide cases involving battered immigrant women to better understand and consider the evidence presented, this paper reviews and provided data about the dynamics of domestic violence experienced by immigrant women. The authors demonstrate how power and control over the immigration status of an immigrant partner enhances the likelihood and severity of abuse. Examples of immigration-related tactics of abuse are provided.

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