Immigrant Rape Survivors: The Target of Contempt

 
Human Rights Now responds to Massachusetts GOP Representative Ryan Fattman’s “shocking announcement that he is willing to let rapists roam the streets with impunity—that is, as long as the victim is an undocumented woman.”  Here is the powerful conclusion:

“The refusal to acknowledge discrimination in law or practice as the primary underlying issue in the U.S. immigration system leads the government and society to be willfully blind to the abuse, exploitation, and conditions of slavery many immigrants experience in the U.S.

And in an environment in which the loudest voices are permitted to make false accusations and call for cruel and disproportionate measures based on underlying racism and xenophobia, incendiary remarks remain unchallenged and invisible to the vast majority of people.”

KJ