Forum (Forum & Focus)
Jan. 21, 2009
Hope Without Borders
Our asylum laws should be updated so that they protect women who have survived severe domestic violence at the hands of their male partners or spouses, writes Simona Agnolucci. - Forum Column
FORUM COLUMN
By Simona Agnolucci The United States has long provided a safe haven, through its asylum laws, to refugees who have been persecuted in their native countries. Despite the protections of federal immigration law and the international treaties it implements, the fate of one class of asylum seekers - women who have survived severe domestic violence at the hands of their male partners or spouses - remains uncertain. Immigration courts hav...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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