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Immigration Provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) [electronic resource].

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.
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1 online resource (36 pages), digital, PDF file
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Summary
Highlights immigration-related provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994, which provide protections for women against violent crime; and describes how VAWA immigration provisions work in practice. Discusses legislation passed in the 113th Congress to expand protections under VAWA, and addresses possible immigration-related issues, in light of recent VAWA reauthorization.
This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 13-R4-2477b in the 2013 issue.
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