Additional Information on Immigration
How the proposed immigration bill is either helpful or
harmful to women:
http://thinkimmigration.org/category/closing-gender-gap/
Research reports with policy
implications from the Immigration Policy Center:
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/
According to the book National Insecurities by
Deidre Moloney (2012):
The vast majority of deportations from the United
States are of Central Americans; increasingly these are members of mixed-status
families.
The American Friends Service Committee in NC has recorded several
stories with immigrants:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzK_ZFsST6E&list=PLh2S7f0RtI5FY7mGbW1ZaLZq-Ne1dDIiI
The Fence: National Security, Public Safety, and Illegal Immigration along the
U.S.-Mexico Border
http://leemaril.com/
Additional Information on Domestic Violence in North Carolina
Consolidate DV Commission/Council for Women
AN ACT TO IMPROVE SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SERVICES TO DISPLACED HOMEMAKERS BY CONSOLIDATING THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL FOR WOMEN AND THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION INTO ONE COMMISSION.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S664v1.pdf
Amend Civil No – Contact Laws.
AN ACT TO AMEND PROCEDURES AND TO PROVIDE FOR COSTS AND ATTORNEYS ‘ FEES IN CIVIL NO – CONTACT ORDER CASES .
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S409v2.pdf
Define/DV Personal Relationship/Crim Pro Laws.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP UNDER THE LAWS REGARDING BAIL AND PRETRIAL RELEASE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSES TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH THE DEFINITION FOR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP UNDER THE LAWS PERTAINING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H757v1.pdf
Amend Civil No – Contact Laws/Stalking.
AN ACT TO REPEAL ELEMENTS OF THE CIVIL NO-CONTACT LAWS PERTAINING TO STALKING.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H741v1.pdf
Teen Dating Violence Prevention Act.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE EDUCATION OF NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AND ABUSE.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H559v1.pdf
Allison’s Law/Use of GPS Tracking Device/DVPO.
AN ACT ALLOWING A COURT TO CONSIDER AS A TYPE OF RELIEF IN GRANTING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTIVE ORDER THE USE OF A GPS TRACKING DEVICE ON A PERSON WHO HAS COMMITTED ACTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND REQUIRING THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION AND COST IMPACT.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H477v3.pdf
DV Abuser Treatment Program/Notifications.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS TO BE NOTIFIED IF A PERSON ON SUPERVISED OR UNSUPERVISED PROBATION IS DISCHARGED FROM A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ABUSER TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROGRAM OR ITS RULES.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S87v1.pdf
News Articles on Domestic Violence in North Carolina
JPD, NCIS work together on domestic violence investigation task force
http://www.jdnews.com/news/local/jpd-ncis-work-together-on-domestic-violence-investigation-task-force-1.152897
NC’s top cop: Domestic violence deaths up in 2012
http://www.wcnc.com/news/crime/NCs-top-cop-Domestic-violence-deaths-up-in-2012-202206331.html
Domestic Violence Claims 122 Lives in N.C. in 2012
http://www.thepilot.com/news/2013/apr/26/domestic-violence-claims-122-lives-in-nc-in-2012/
Pisgah Legal Services could lose half of its funding
Professional Association
American Sociological Association: International Migration
Domestic Violence Homicides Increase
http://www.wbtv.com/story/22147146/domestic-violence-homicides-rise
‘Mama, I’m going to die’: Mother shares domestic violence story
http://www.wral.com/-mama-i-m-going-to-die-mother-shares-domestic-violence-story/12327747/
NC domestic violence offender could face GPS
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/NC-domestic-violence-offender-could-face-GPS-4513234.php