VAWA Confidentiality – Immigration Protected Locations for Victims 8 USC 1229(e): Certification of Compliance In Removal Proceedings [pdf]

VAWA Confidentiality code section 8 USC 1229(e) lists locations which are protected locations for immigrant victims. Immigration enforcement officials (from both Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP)) are barred from conducting any part of an immigration enforcement action against a victim at a protected location. Should any part of an enforcement action be undertaken at a protected location against a victim, immigration enforcement officials are required to certify to the immigration judge in any removal proceeding initiated in whole or in part as a result of such in enforcement action that immigration enforcement officials did not rely solely upon perpetrator provided information in undertaking that enforcement action. The VAWA 2005 legislative history provides an explanation and examples of what solely means. https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-confidentiality-statutes-leg-history/