A guide to the Violence Against Women Act and how it protects immigrant women
Written by Lumi Zogaj Earlier this month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed a ruling that granted asylum to a Salvadoran woman on the basis of domestic violence. In 2016, The Board of Immigration Appeals had found that the woman qualified for asylum on the grounds of her membership to a particular social group, because married women in El Salvador cannot leave their relationship and the government fails to protect them. Sessions’ decision not only narrowed the use of the...