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Asylum Ruling Could Spark Deportations and Have ‘Chilling Effect’ on California Women

Immigrant women in California who are pursuing asylum after fleeing domestic violence in their homelands could face deportation in the wake of a ruling Monday by the Trump administration.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered immigration judges June 11 to stop granting asylum to the majority of people seeking the protection on grounds that they suffered domestic or gang violence in their home countries. The ruling could affect tens of thousands of domestic violence victims—mostly women—some of whom are detained in California while they await the outcome of their cases, advocates said.

Women’s Need for Medical Care Spikes Following Sexual Assault, Study Finds

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett

Women who experience sexual assault are more likely to need medical care for mental health and stress-related problems in the year following the attack, new research suggests.

We Need to Stop Normalizing Gun Violence

By Maritza Duran

As my generation has grown up, we have had to bear witness to more and more reports of gun violence—like the school shooting Friday in Santa Fe, Texas.

This is an issue so many people stand for, because it comes down to one basic thing: safety.

My Generation Won’t Accept Empty Promises on Gun Violence Legislation

By Anthony Palomera

As a youth advocate, it’s my personal responsibility to help fix forms of injustice where I see them. I will be using my voice, along with other youth to stop gun violence, whether by participating in national walkouts to get Congress aware of our concerns or by badgering our representatives for comprehensive reform. If our representatives disregard us because of our age and supposed lack of knowledge, then we’ll know who to vote out when we turn 18.

As an Oxnard High School Student, I’ve Seen the Cost of Gun Violence

By Maria Fernanda Meza

My school has its own on campus police that continues to criminalize young black and brown students. We are being over-policed, and our schools are slowing becoming prisons. We cannot arm our teachers as if they are maximum-security prison guards.

Gun violence has taken too many lives and there needs to be a change.

Why We Should Be Treating Gun Violence Like Every Other Epidemic

By John Baackes and Richard Seidman

Gun violence in this country is an epidemic, and it needs to be treated like every other epidemic—as a public health crisis. The first step to finding a “cure” for any public health crisis is research.

Gun Violence Increasingly a Rural Problem, Study Finds

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett

Deaths from gun violence have declined in California’s urban counties over the past 15 years, but the problem is now more pronounced in rural and central parts of the state, a new study shows.

After Centuries of Discrimination, We Need to Help Native American Victims of Violence

By Germaine Omish-Lucero

Partially because of the systemic injustice and discrimination we have faced over the past century, American Indians and Alaskan Natives are at greater risk of being victims of violence then any other race. Colonization plays a major role in why these disparities exist.

California’s Budget Should Support Efforts to End Domestic Violence

By Kathy Moore

With the constant stream of tragedies stemming from domestic violence people often ask, “What could have been done to prevent this from happening?” The reality is that a staggering 5.78 million Californians experience domestic violence every year. Domestic violence homicides in public places put entire communities at risk of harm. And yet, we know much can be done to prevent these deaths which devastate families and communities.

We Pay the Cost of Every Sexual Assault in California, and it’s $140 Billion a Year

By Sandra Henriquez

We’ve heard the individual stories, tagged #MeToo and #TimesUp on social media. But what about the collective cost of sexual assault?

Research we published last month shows that the annual cost of sexual violence in California is $140 billion.

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