Domestic Violence
Migrant Legal Aid works with migrant victims of domestic violence and workplace violence, stranger violence (acts of hate and harassment) to inform them that reporting these crimes and cooperating with the police is crucial to becoming a survivor and becoming eligible for the fullest protection of the law, without fear of reprisals, deportation, or other prejudice.
Migrant Legal Aid’s program Migrants Overcoming Violent Environments (MOVE) protects migrant women and their children from domestic or workplace violence, stranger violence, and sexual assault by assisting victims with social and legal wrap-around services to escape their captivity, stop the cycle of violence, and live a productive dignified life. We ensure they feel comfortable with, and engaged in, the prosecution of their assailants, throughout the procedures they experience within the judicial system as they exercise their rights. Migrant Legal Aid guides individuals across the legal bridge from victim to survivor, using tools of the legal system such as personal protection orders, divorce, child custody and support, immigration, and obtaining a green card when eligible.