Legal Momentum’s amicus brief in opposition to petitioner’s attempts to circumvent the confidentiality requirements of VAWA statutes by demanding the government confirm the existence of a VAWA application. The brief explains that the government must not be compelled to disclose whether an application exists or its substance. VAWA confidentiality requires that the government protect battered immigrants by preventing the batterer from gaining access to confidential immigration files of the person they are accused of battering (N.D. Ca. May 23, 2008).
National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project