Fearing deportation, many domestic violence victims are steering clear of police and courts - LA Times
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In the first six months of 2017, reports of domestic violence have declined among Latino residents in some of California’s largest cities. Crisis professionals say immigrants without legal status fear that interacting with police or entering a courthouse could make them easy targets for deportation.
Bilan : ce sont les femmes victimes qui sont encore celles qui payent le prix de la politique anti-immigration (et pas seulement en Trump-land).
In Los Angeles, Latinos reported 3.5% fewer instances of spousal abuse in the first six months of the year compared with 2016, while reporting among non-Latino victims was virtually unchanged, records show. That pattern extends beyond Los Angeles to cities such as San Francisco and San Diego, which recorded even steeper declines of 18% and 13%, respectively.
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A video recording earlier this year of a father being arrested by ICE agents moments after dropping his daughter off at a Lincoln Heights school had a similar effect on abuse victims in neighboring Boyle Heights, said Rebeca Melendez, director of wellness programs for the East L.A. Women’s Center.
“They instilled the ultimate fear into our community,” she said. “They know they can trust us, but they are not trusting very many people past us.”
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