The Department of Justice is considering changes in immigration regulations that would allow for political asylum to battered and abused women.
Attorney General John Ashcroft will make the final decision. Officials have urged him to accept the changes, The New York Times reports.
There are pending immigration cases of women who say their reports of abuse to authorities in their home county have been ignored.
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Ashcroft Weighs Granting of Asylum to Abused Women
(The New York Times 3/11)
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U.S. considers rule to protect battered women
Thursday, March 11, 2004
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