Hello to my dear readers! Today I want to switch my focus on immigrant women especially who are at risk of domestic abuse and violence. According to Immigration Policy Center, estimated 19 million immigrant women and girls stay or live in the United State. For many of them, domestic violence and any other violent action including rape and sexual abuse are very urgent issues.
The U.S. congress enacted the Violence Against Women Act in 1994 (revised in 2005) for the purpose of protecting immigrant victims of violence, allowing them to "obtain immigration relief independent of their abusive spouse or parent through a process called “self-petitioning" and providing special types of Visas called "U" and "T" visas.
For further info about the Visas: Immigration Policy Center or
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
In New York City, New York Asian Women's Center has been working for immigrant women and their children since 1982. The agency provides multilingual 24-7 hotline with over a dozen different Asian languages and dialects such as Chinese, Indian, Korean, Pakistani, Japanese, Bangladesh, Vietnamese and Filipino. It also provides emergency shelter, children program such as counseling and art therapy, community education, Project-Free for victims of human trafficking, immigration legal services etc...
For further info of the services: http://www.nyawc.org/about/what-we-do.html
If you are the one who are having hard time with your spouse due to his/her abusive behaviors or attitudes, please please do hesitate to ask for help! It is for the sake of your precious future and your children's as well.
