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May: Julian's Story

Julian was born in a Mayan village in Guatemala in 1986. In his village, there was no running water or electricity. His parents had previously immigrated to the U.S. leaving his elderly grandparents in charge of raising him. Julian was only able to attend elementary school because he needed to work and help his grandparents on the farm. He left Guatemala in 2001, when he was fifteen years old, in search of his mother and father.

After his arrival to the U.S., he was reuni-fied with his parents in Nebraska and soon enrolled in school. Julian was happy to be back with his family, but life with his father was difficult. His father drank heavily and would beat him, his mother, and his siblings. During the last incident, his father broke his mother’s arm. Julian tried to defend his mother, but he could not; he was too young. Thus he called the police and his father was eventually arrested. Julian’s mother became the sole caretaker and provider for him and his eight siblings. It was a great struggle for his mother to take care of them all. Click here to read the rest of Julian's Story in this month's newsletter.

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A YES VOTE ON H.R. 4970 IS A VOTE AGAINST VAWA AND AGAINST ALL VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE

On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee marked up and passed the Adams (R-FL) version of VAWA, H.R. 4970. This bill is DANGEROUS to victims and survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. The only way that we will be able to defeat it is if we make clear to every Representative in every district that they CANNOT support this bill. We have to tell them: you MUST stand up for EVERY victim of violence by OPPOSING H.R. 4970 – and if you don’t, we can’t stand up for you.

PLEASE CONTACT – BY PHONE, EMAIL OR IN PERSON VISIT - THE DISTRICT OFFICE OF YOUR CONGRESS PERSON AND TELL THEM:  We strongly oppose the Adams bill. The House Judiciary Committee’s passage of H.R. 4970 on Tuesday is NOT a victory – it HARMS victims of violence.  We believe that a YES vote on H.R. 4970 is anti-victim and a NO vote on VAWA.  We oppose the Adams bill because it is NOT the REAL VAWA, it doesn’t include protections for all victims and it rolls back protections for victims of violence. It is DANGEROUS for survivors of violence.   We support a bill like the bi-partisan Senate bill that protects Native victims, immigrant victims, LGBT victims and other marginalized communities.  We do not think the House Judiciary Committee passed a REAL VAWA and we need the House leadership to support ALL victims. The House Judiciary Committee allowed no chance to discuss humane alternatives that treat victims with respect and decency. There is bipartisan support in the House for a reauthorization of VAWA that more closely resembles the Senate-passed bill (S. 1925) and Members should have a chance to weigh the merits of any and all alternatives to the Adams bill before they vote for final passage of VAWA.

Legislation is threatening to pass in the House that would really hurt the work of many JFON’s and their work with those who qualify for U visas, which deals often with victims of domestic violence. Click here for a letter you can print, date, and sign to help halt this legislation before it is too late!

EVERY Representative needs to hear from us, but here are the ones that need to hear from us FIRST! 

Biggert, Judy   (R-IL)                        (202) 225-3515  

Hayworth, Nan  (R-NY)                   (202) 225-5441      

Herrera Beutler, Jaime  (R-WA)   (202) 225-3536     

Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana   (R-FL)       (202) 225-3931

Click Here to learn more about this dangerous Legislation.