Since processing times have increased, some lawyers have seen survivors drop their cases altogether out of desperation.
Rocío’s marriage only got worse after she moved from California to the outskirts of San Antonio. Close to no family or friends, the emotional and physical abuse she experienced from her husband intensified. “I often say Texas hasn’t been good to me because so many bad things happened after I got here,” said Rocío, who asked that her last name not be used in this article. She once overheard her husband mocking her while talking to his mother on the phone.
“We are now looking at a much more extended timeline, which is very difficult for people to hear when they are in a crisis, saying, ‘I need to leave, I need to get out,’” O’Neil said.The backlog is among the topics that the American Immigration Lawyer Association brought up in discussions with USCIS this year, said Joy Ziegeweid, who directs the association’s VAWA committee.
Since processing times have increased, some lawyers have seen victims drop their cases altogether out of desperation. Three years is a long time and many things can happen during that period. In California, where she lived for 28 years, she could apply for Medicaid even as an undocumented immigrant. In Texas, that wasn’t an option.
It was during that period that a lawyer advised him to apply for VAWA protection. At first he didn’t think the law applied to him because he’s a man, but it isn’t limited to women. It extends to any victim of domestic violence, even a parent or child of a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident.
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