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The Kansas City Star
Did fear of ICE keep KCK woman from seeking help before domestic violence death?
When Police Chief Karl Oakman learned more about the person killed in a recent Kansas City, Kansas, double homicide, he said he worried fear may have kept her from getting help.
People need to know, he said, that they shouldn’t let their immigration status keep them from seeking local assistance when they need it. Whether that’s from police or other agencies, especially domestic violence shelters.
El Pais
Suffer in silence or risk being deported: The terrible dilemma faced by undocumented female victims of domestic violence
Survivor-advocates warn of the harm caused by immigration raids: ‘These women are more likely to die now’
The fear of expulsion and family separation is leaving undocumented female victims of domestic violence facing an impossible choice: report the abuse and risk deportation, or remain in an abusive relationship. They can either endure gender-based violence at home — which can even lead to death — or face the relentless Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
New Mexico Immigrant Law Center
“He Reported Me to ICE”: ICE Is Detaining Domestic Violence Survivors
On the first day of October, which marks the beginning of Domestic Violence Awareness month, ICE laid in wait for a mother residing at a domestic violence shelter who was waiting to exchange her daughter with her abusive ex-partner. What she had long feared and been threatened with occurred: her abuser had reported her to immigration authorities.
“Now, he is out there in the community bragging about it,” said the Executive Director of the domestic violence shelter, located in rural New Mexico.
Mother Jones
LA’s ICE Raids Are Impacting Domestic Violence Shelters
These programs “should be safe sanctuaries—and we can’t even guarantee that anymore.”
On Monday, as ICE swept Los Angeles with raids in President Donald Trump’s escalating drive for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, a client of the Survivor Justice Center had an appointment for a court hearing.
The purpose was to secure a permanent, five-year restraining order against her abuser, who had already violated a temporary restraining order, according to Carmen McDonald, executive director of the organization, which supports immigrant survivors of domestic violence. The woman had been dealing with extensive physical abuse, McDonald said, which—coupled with her abuser’s violation of a prior order—made getting stronger protection critical.