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Take Action: Compassion For Victims Of Sexual Abuse
We must protect all victims of abuse, regardless of nationality. Take action now.
Goal: 10,000
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Progress: 1,952
Sponsored by: The Hunger Site
Victims of abuse have enough to worry about without having to face realities like deportation. But if certain House Republicans get their way, abuse victims who aren't citizens of this country could be in big trouble.
Current legislation protects abuse victims from deportation and helps them to remain in the country legally. But the HALT Act would remove the allowances and protections for abuse victims, making them vulnerable to deportation if they report the crime.
No one should ever be punished for reporting a crime of abuse. Abuse victims — citizens or not — should be protected in this country no matter what.
Sign your name protesting the HALT Act and speak out for abuse victims everywhere.
Dear Representative Lamar Smith,
I am writing in protest of your sponsorship of the HALT Act, a piece of legislation that would put abuse victims who are not US residents in even further danger.
Abuse isn't something to take lightly, and victims of abuse must be treated with the utmost of care and respect. However, when someone who isn't a legal resident of the United States is abused, and reports it, he or she runs the risk of deportation. This discourages individuals from reporting these crimes and therefore the perpetrators remain at large.
We should provide, at the very least, temporary respite from deportation to abuse victims who aren't citizens. They simply shouldn't be faced with more punishment in addition to what they've already been through.
Please consider the safety and well being of abuse victims before you move forward with this legislation.
Thank you.
Petition Signatures
May 12, 2013
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May 12, 2013
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May 12, 2013
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May 12, 2013
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May 12, 2013
Mary Thomas
May 11, 2013
Tori Dickson
May 9, 2013
imaan bee
May 9, 2013
richard hall
May 6, 2013
star carter
May 6, 2013
Sarah Ridgeway
May 5, 2013
Ken Seidman
May 2, 2013
Emma Johansson
May 2, 2013
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Every woman and man should be able to feel safe, and even if a person is not a person of the country you are in they should be able to get help even though that. They are still someone who needs comfort and to feel safe after what they have been through
May 2, 2013
Maren Knep
May 2, 2013
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May 2, 2013
Heather Carr
May 2, 2013
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No abuse victim should go unheard.
May 1, 2013
Mary King
May 1, 2013
Karina Onofre
May 1, 2013
Mari Evans
May 1, 2013
Pamela Moteles
May 1, 2013
Jess Womack
May 1, 2013
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May 1, 2013
Melanie Elphinstone
Apr 30, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
Ellen Hibdon
Apr 30, 2013
Amy Knapp
Apr 30, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
Donna Jobe
I am a victim myself. I came to Texas form help and they treat me like dirt!! The police force were great but the health care here is horrible!
Apr 30, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
Alvaro Tortora
Apr 30, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
roy kornbluh
It just makes sense.
Apr 30, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
Rose Schulenberg
Apr 30, 2013
Antonia Jones
Apr 30, 2013
Sharon Andrews
Apr 30, 2013
Rosa Pastrana Saucedo
Apr 30, 2013
Forrest Young
Apr 30, 2013
Alex Hart
Apr 29, 2013
KATHRYN HEMMINGS (MRS)
Apr 29, 2013
Alexis Trevino
Apr 29, 2013
Jeanmarie Thompson
Apr 28, 2013
ebreia guimaraes
Apr 28, 2013
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Apr 27, 2013
Karolina Kunka
Apr 26, 2013
Sandra Lindgren
Apr 26, 2013
Ivanna Matheson
Apr 26, 2013
Pamela Spacek
Apr 26, 2013
Julia Summers
