JUSTICE AND SAFETY FOR IMMIGRANT SURVIVORS
statement: Congress Must Curtail ICE’s Vast Surveillance Program to Protect Survivors
The Alliance for Immigrant Survivors condemns the vast, and often warrantless, Immigration and Customs Enforcement surveillance program.
Congress must do more to protect immigrant data held within federal government programs including the VAWA, U and T victim visa programs.
Important Policy Developments Impacting Immigrant Survivors
There is so much activity involving legislative and administrative policies that impact immigrant survivors. We'd like to share with you some important recent and upcoming policy developments.
Thank you so much for standing with immigrant survivors and we look forward to continuing to work with you!
Take appropriations Action to Back Critical Protections
for Immigrant Survivors
The Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Appropriations process is an opportunity for Congress to enhance critical and life-saving protections for immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and other gender-based abuses.
Tell Congress to fund key programs in FY23 to alleviate onerous barriers immigrant survivors and their families face while seeking safety and stability. Share the graphics below on social media!
TOP 5 POLICY PRIORITIES TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO SAFETY FOR IMMIGRANT SURVIVORS
Our priority asks for Congress and the Administration include: lifting the cap on the number of U visas annually available to meet the need; funding USCIS to ensure they can grant timely employment authorization to VAWA self-petitioners, U and T visa applicants; preventing detention and deportation of survivors seeking asylum and eligible VAWA self-petitioners, U and T visa applicants; explicitly include survivors of gender-based violence in asylum law; and ensuring access to economic supports for immigrant survivors.
