By Roberta Villalon

ISBN-10: 0814788238

ISBN-13: 9780814788233

ISBN-10: 0814788246

ISBN-13: 9780814788240

Caught among violent companions and the bureaucratic issues of the USA Immigration procedure, many immigrant ladies are relatively liable to abuse. for 2 years, Roberta Villalón volunteered at a nonprofit staff that gives unfastened felony companies to normally undocumented immigrants who were sufferers of abuse. Her cutting edge examine of Latina survivors of family violence explores the complexities on the intersection of immigration, citizenship, and violence, and exhibits how inequality is perpetuated even during the well-intentioned supply of important companies. via archival study, player remark, and private interviews, Violence opposed to Latina Immigrants presents perception into the various hindrances confronted by way of battered immigrant girls of colour, bringing their tales and voices to the fore. eventually, Villalón proposes an energetic coverage advocacy schedule and indicates attainable adjustments to gender violence-based immigration legislation, revealing the complexities of the lives of Latina immigrants as they confront problems with citizenship, gender violence, and social inequalities.

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