Amicus Brief in an enforcement of an affidavit of support case brought on behalf of an immigrant spouse who was a domestic violence victim. The brief argues the sponsored spouses must be permitted to enforce the I-864 affidavit of support in family court divorce proceedings as a contract and that common law and state spousal support laws may impose duties to mitigate do not apply to affidavit of support enforcement actions. The brief discusses the history and purpose of the affidavit of support and the particular importance of allowing its enforcement in divorce cases and not requiring a separate civil contract enforcement case in cases of battered immigrant spouses. . In discussing the legislative history of the statute the brief discusses its relationship to the Violence Against Women Act and the reason VAWA self-petitioners were exempted from deeming, affidavits of support and given access to public benefits as part of the same 1996 law that created the I-864 Affidavit of support.