Article Suffer in silence or risk being deported: The terrible dilemma faced by undocumented female victims of domestic violence
Article Suffer in silence or risk being deported: The terrible dilemma faced by undocumented female victims of domestic violence
Jul 23 2025, 5:13 PM
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Quote:This past April, after being approached by him while shopping, she called the police, who provided her with a helpline. The officer who answered the phone warned her that the police had forwarded her report to ICE and advised her not to file a report in person, or she would risk being detained.
“If he were to hurt me again, I don’t think I could report it, because that’s where my story would end,” the woman told The Houston Chronicle.
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https://archive.ph/MjEPg
Quote:This past April, after being approached by him while shopping, she called the police, who provided her with a helpline. The officer who answered the phone warned her that the police had forwarded her report to ICE and advised her not to file a report in person, or she would risk being detained.
“If he were to hurt me again, I don’t think I could report it, because that’s where my story would end,” the woman told The Houston Chronicle.