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How the US asylum process fails to protect against claims of gender-based violence
Through eyewitness accounts of closed-court proceedings and powerful testimony from women who have sought asylum in the United States because of severe assaults and death threats by intimate partners and/or gang members, Private Violence examines how immigration laws and policies shape the lives of Latin American women who seek safety in the United States. Carol Cleaveland and Michele Waslin describe the women's histories prior to crossing the border, and the legal strategies they use to convince Immigration Judges that rape and other forms of private violence should merit asylum despite laws built on Cold War era assumptions that persecution occurs in the public sphere by state actors.
Private Violence provides much-needed recommendations for incorporating a gender-based lens in the asylum process. The authors demonstrate how policy changes across Presidential administ

Private Violence

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    A Paperback by Carol Cleaveland

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      Publisher MI - New York University
      Published 10/15/2024
      ISBN-13 9781479824335
      978-1479824335
      ISBN-10 147982433X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      How the US asylum process fails to protect against claims of gender-based violence
      Through eyewitness accounts of closed-court proceedings and powerful testimony from women who have sought asylum in the United States because of severe assaults and death threats by intimate partners and/or gang members, Private Violence examines how immigration laws and policies shape the lives of Latin American women who seek safety in the United States. Carol Cleaveland and Michele Waslin describe the women's histories prior to crossing the border, and the legal strategies they use to convince Immigration Judges that rape and other forms of private violence should merit asylum despite laws built on Cold War era assumptions that persecution occurs in the public sphere by state actors.
      Private Violence provides much-needed recommendations for incorporating a gender-based lens in the asylum process. The authors demonstrate how policy changes across Presidential administ

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