240-01: Damage Control: Responding to the Particular Impacts of Anti-Immigrant Policy on Immigrant Survivors in Texas

Increasing attention has been paid to the plight of migrant survivors of violence seeking relief in the States. These survivors, along with those who have suffered intimate partner violence in the US but without regularized immigration status, find themselves in an incredibly vulnerable place, even in a country with laws against crimes and specific protections for victims. Immigrant survivors are often caught in the crosshairs of oftentimes adversarial perspectives of our nation, states and communities pertaining to immigration. Policy advocates for the rights and protections for immigrant survivors must navigate increasingly complex hyperpoliticized settings at every level of government. The loud din of the ongoing immigration debate has had a chilling effect on immigrant survivors’ actual ability and willingness to seek assistance and often life -saving services from community based programs. This session will present this complicated landscape and the perspectives of researchers and policy advocates, who are all working to understand, respond and craft more relevant and effective solutions for immigrant survivors of intimate partner violence.

Objectives

- Attendees will learn about unique challenges faced by migrant survivors of violence seeking help in the U.S.
- Attendees will learn about unique challenges faced by and strategies utilized by policymakers who seek to support these victims.
- Attendees will learn about current research being conducted on this population, including challenges in doing this work.

240-02: Social and Structural Factors and Violence Against Low-Income, Latina Immigrant Women

Increasing attention has been paid to the plight of migrant survivors of violence seeking relief in the States. These survivors, along with those who have suffered intimate partner violence in the US but without regularized immigration status, find themselves in an incredibly vulnerable place, even in a country with laws against crimes and specific protections for victims. Immigrant survivors are often caught in the crosshairs of oftentimes adversarial perspectives of our nation, states and communities pertaining to immigration. Policy advocates for the rights and protections for immigrant survivors must navigate increasingly complex hyperpoliticized settings at every level of government. The loud din of the ongoing immigration debate has had a chilling effect on immigrant survivors’ actual ability and willingness to seek assistance and often life -saving services from community based programs. This session will present this complicated landscape and the perspectives of researchers and policy advocates, who are all working to understand, respond and craft more relevant and effective solutions for immigrant survivors of intimate partner violence.

Objectives

- Attendees will learn about unique challenges faced by migrant survivors of violence seeking help in the U.S.
- Attendees will learn about unique challenges faced by and strategies utilized by policymakers who seek to support these victims.
- Attendees will learn about current research being conducted on this population, including challenges in doing this work.

240-03: Encerrada Como un Animal/Locked Up Like an Animal: Impact of Detention on Immigrant of Violence

Increasing attention has been paid to the plight of migrant survivors of violence seeking relief in the States. These survivors, along with those who have suffered intimate partner violence in the US but without regularized immigration status, find themselves in an incredibly vulnerable place, even in a country with laws against crimes and specific protections for victims. Immigrant survivors are often caught in the crosshairs of oftentimes adversarial perspectives of our nation, states and communities pertaining to immigration. Policy advocates for the rights and protections for immigrant survivors must navigate increasingly complex hyperpoliticized settings at every level of government. The loud din of the ongoing immigration debate has had a chilling effect on immigrant survivors’ actual ability and willingness to seek assistance and often life -saving services from community based programs. This session will present this complicated landscape and the perspectives of researchers and policy advocates, who are all working to understand, respond and craft more relevant and effective solutions for immigrant survivors of intimate partner violence.

Objectives

- Attendees will learn about unique challenges faced by migrant survivors of violence seeking help in the U.S.
- Attendees will learn about unique challenges faced by and strategies utilized by policymakers who seek to support these victims.
- Attendees will learn about current research being conducted on this population, including challenges in doing this work.