Posts Tagged ‘physical abuse’

Parent of Formerly Abused Children Qualify for VAWA

Lopez-Birrueta v. Holder (9th Cir. 2/17/2011) Congress enacted the Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA”) in 1994 as a means of allowing persons of foreign birth who have been in physically or mentally abusive relationships with U.S. citizens or permanent residents to self petition for permanent residence.  The reason why this became necessary is because often […]

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