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A Door Opens for Battered Asylum-Seekers
In late October, the Obama Administration’s Department of Homeland Security signaled that the government is open to considering asylum claims from women fleeing severe domestic violence when it recommended that a San Francisco immigration court grant asylum to Rody Alvarado Peña, whose case has been in and out of United States immigration courts for 14 years. [...]
House Health Reform Bill Contains Key Domestic Violence Provisions
The Family Violence Prevention Fund is praising the U.S. House of Representatives for including in its health reform bill a key prevention initiative that will advance the health care system’s response to domestic violence and curb the tremendous health costs that result from it. The legislation, passed on November 7, requires private insurers and the new Health Insurance Exchange to reimburse health care providers who assess patients for domestic violence and provide brief counseling and referrals. [...]
