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RECORD TYPE: FEDERAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: DENNIS HENGSTEBECK <[email protected] ( DENNIS HENGSTEBECK <dhengstebeck@
CREATION DATE/TIME: 9-JAN-2001 15:15:14.00
SUBJECT: domestico abuse & the BIA's decision
TO: [email protected] ( [email protected] [ UNKNOWN ]
)
READ UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Dear Mrs. Gore,
I am writing to urge you to reverse the Board of Immigration Appeals'
decision
in the Matter of Rodi Alvarado Pea.
This matter requires your immediate attention before you leave office,
because
1) the BIA's decision is already being used to deny women's asylum in cases
around the country, and 2) because with the advent of a new
administration, the
future of the Proposed Rules to address Gender-Based Asylum claims is
uncertain.
The BIA reversed an Immigration Judge's 1996 grant of asylum to Rodi
Alvarado
Pega, and ordered her to be deported to a husband who promises to murder
her
when she returns. The decision did not question Ms. Alvarado's story and
deplored her husband's vicious conduct. However, the BIA rejected the
notion
that United States asylum law could provide her with any protection.
The BIA's decision is seriously flawed and is based on the now discredited
belief that domestic violence is not gender motivated. It has serious
negative
consequences not only for women fleeing domestic violence, but for women
fleeing a wide array of serious human rights violations inflicted on them
because of their gender
The BIA's decision does not represent what we believe as a people to be
right,
nor does it represent the basic human rights we have pledged as a Nation to
uphold. Further, there is no assurance that the recent Proposed Rules to
address Gender-Based Asylum claims will ever be finalized. It is within
your
authority and it is your duty - - to provide a leading decision consonant
with our nation's values that will guide future decisions and ensure the
protection of abused women refugees now, and for years to come.
Please ACT NOW to reverse the BIA's decision in the Matter of R-A before
you
leave office.
I hope that you and your office can do something about this and make a
statement that civilized nations cannot allow these atrocities to continue-
whether in our own homeland or in another country!
Sincerely,
Dennis J. Hengstebeck