The law was initially meant to help combat terrorism, but critics point out that now it is being used to target anyone the police suspect of being in the US illegally.
VAWA Dies in the House of Representatives
January 4, 2013 By 15 Comments
While everyone was so focused on the fiscal cliff, the Violence Against Women Act was allowed to die silently alone in a corner.
Sexual Abuse in US Immigration Prisons
April 22, 2012 By 4 Comments
The USian Immigrations and Customs Enforcement service has recently revised the rules applying to immigrants detained and awaiting their deportation hearings. Most notably for me, they’ve strengthened the absolutely shit regulations regarding sexual abuse in detention. The Prison Rape Elimination Act (which is already inadequate, but at least it’s a step) does not apply to [...]
“It’s a woman’s job to make her man feel safe — a safe place that doesn’t expect him to do brave things just because he’s a man.”
This is a comment by Kat on the post “A Husband’s Job Is To Create Emotional Safety”.