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january 2019 – call your senator to oppose bill that will harm survivors

January 23, 2019: This week, the U.S. Senate announced it will vote on two bills related to the government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced a vote on the End the Shutdown and Secure the Border Act. This legislation contains not only funding for a needless border wall, but also harmful attacks on immigrants that would keep safety out of reach for many survivors of violence, including children seeking asylum protections. The second vote will be a clean continuing resolution to reopen the government until February 8th to allow for federal employees affected by the shutdown to get paid and for affected programs to be funded as Congress works on longer term funding.

Tell Your SENATOR to Oppose Harmful Immigration Legislation. Here’s how!

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december 2018 – Tell Congress to Reauthorize VAWA!

Amidst many pressing issues, the new Congress is preparing to reauthorize a Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) with critical improvements to strengthen initiatives to end domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking, and to better address the needs of survivors. VAWA is vital to the safety of victims, survivors, and their communities; it cannot simply be checked off of Congress’ to-do list by changing the dates for existing funding, ignoring requests by countless survivors and direct service providers for Congress to do more.

Congress must act to reauthorize a strong, bipartisan VAWA that responds to the emerging issues and needs voiced by survivors and the field. Find out more, including helpful resources, and then tell Congress that it’s time to reauthorize VAWA and that we need to do it right!

Fall 2018 – Public Charge: Raise Your Voice & Submit a Comment

The Alliance for Immigrant Survivors (AIS) is concerned how the harmful Public Charge proposal will impact immigrant communities, particularly immigrant survivors of gender-based violence and their families, including children, who use public assistance programs to escape and overcome abuse. AIS is supporting the Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) campaign which has the infrastructure and capacity to respond to the rule change with collective force.

The extreme proposal would mark a significant and harmful departure from a longstanding policy in which the government has recognized that work supports like health care, nutrition, and housing assistance help families thrive and remain safe and productive. These essential programs that allow individuals to provide for basic needs will now count against the individual in deciding whether someone is likely to become a public charge. AIS is encouraging everyone concerned about this proposal to join tens of thousands of others and submit comments by December 10, 2018, before the proposal becomes final. Find out more and take action!