H.R.5331 - Violence Against Immigrant Women Act of 2012

To provide protections against violence against immigrant women, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)

All Bill Titles

  • Official: To provide protections against violence against immigrant women, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Violence Against Immigrant Women Act of 2012 as introduced.

This Bill currently has no wiki content. If you would like to create a wiki entry for this bill, please Login, and then select the wiki tab to create it.

Bill's Views

  • Today: 2
  • Past Seven Days: 17
  • All-Time: 1,163
 
Introduced
 
House
Passes
 
Senate
Passes
 
President
Signs
 

 
05/06/12
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Official Summary

5/7/2012--Introduced.Violence Against Immigrant Women Act of 2012 - Amends provisions regarding violence against immigrant women in the following areas: (1) employment of Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and U-visa (victims of certain crimes) nonimmigrant aliens, (2) self-petitioning, (3)

Official Summary

5/7/2012--Introduced.Violence Against Immigrant Women Act of 2012 - Amends provisions regarding violence against immigrant women in the following areas:
(1) employment of Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and U-visa (victims of certain crimes) nonimmigrant aliens,
(2) self-petitioning,
(3) protections for children and family members from traffickers and criminals,
(4) recapture of unused U-visas,
(5) battered spouse and family member protections,
(6) asylum,
(7) removal,
(8) naturalization,
(9) VAWA confidentiality,
(10) services for trafficking victims,
(11) fiancee/fiance protections and marriage broker regulation, and
(12) sexual abuse in custodial settings.

...Read the Rest




Vote on This Bill

100% Users Support Bill

5 in favor / 0 opposed
 

Send Your Rep a Letter

about this bill Support Oppose Tracking
Track with MyOC
Save to Notebook Make A Bill Widget

OpenCongress is a free and open-source project of the Participatory Politics Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to increase civic engagement. The non-profit Sunlight Foundation is the Founding and Primary Supporter of OpenCongress.