US Court Rules to Protect Immigrant Domestic Violence Survivors

Click to expand Image A woman is detained by US federal agents after exiting a court hearing in immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City, on September 3, 2025. © 2025 Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images On May 20, a court in California temporarily suspended a Trump administration policy that stripped key protections from immigrant survivors of domestic violence. The 2025 directive at issue had made many immigrant survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking