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Evangelical Leaders Split Over Violence Against Women Act | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction.
House passes bill that removes protections for immigrant women who are victims of violence.
Tobin Grant | posted 5/18/2012 10:32AM
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorized by Congress Wednesday removes protections for immigrant women who are victims of violence. Some faith leaders, including National Association of Evangelicals president Leith Anderson, oppose stripping away provisions that could aid mail-order brides and other immigrants. Other evangelical groups, including Concerned Women for America, want the act scrapped altogether.
Many women come to the U.S. on visas because they are married to a U.S. citizen. But if a wife leaves the husband because of violence in the home, she risks being deported. The act allows…