Violence Against Women HR 4970

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives will be voting on H.R. 4970, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) of 2012. This is an important piece of legislation that gives a lot of protection to women who have been the victims of violence. However, since its introduction in 1994, its visa requirements have been weakened and under current VAWA legislation, those women who do receive visas do not even have to cooperate with law enforcement; H.R. 4970 would change that.

Please call your Representative and tell him/her that it would be wrong to weaken this legislation and allow illegal aliens, even those who are victims of violence, to receive amnesty.