A survey found an increase in alleged abusers using the tactic to discourage victims from seeking help.
A New York immigration advocacy and support group has seen a surge of almost 80 percent in the number of reports of abusive partners threatening to call the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency on their victims to discourage them from pressing charges since early 2017, when the Trump administration took power.
The report states that ICE's crackdown on immigration, including its practice of arresting undocumented immigrants at courthouses, has sparked widespread fear among immigrant communities, causing many to avoid seeking out help from law enforcement when they need it. It also pointed to other findings from a 2017"ICE in NYS Courts Legal Service and Advocates Survey," which found that 46 percent of legal service providers and advocacy workers surveyed worked with immigrants who expressed fear of serving as a complaining witness.
According to the report, the Queens Family Court saw a 72 percent decline in U-Visa certification requests in 2018. Meanwhile, Manhattan Family Court experienced a 100 percent decline and Staten Island Family Court saw an 83 percent decline. Ultimately, the coalition behind the report said that their study identifies"the vast array of stakeholders in New York’s justice system negatively affected by ICE’s enforcement operations in and around the state’s courthouses, extending far beyond crime victims, witnesses, defendants, and family members arrested at courthouses."
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