It appears as if
there is massive human rights violation especially among immigrant women who
are married by some abusive American natives. In the past, domestic violence
was mainly dominant among the natives. Although there are legislations that
have been put in place in place to make sure that rights of immigrant
women are not abused, it is definitely a cumbersome legal process to curtail
this kind of human rights abuse. For instance, it is worth noting that most of
the women victims find it difficult to resist any kind of domestic violence
from their male spouses because they fear being deported. For most of these
victims, they settled in the foreign states in order to seek greener pastures.
Hence, any slight idea of going back to their native countries is highly
rejected.
On the other hand, the civil society
groups that advocate for human rights in the United States have indeed played
their role in terms of championing for basic rights among victims of domestic
violence. In spite of these campaigns, it may still take a lot of time and
resources for individual cases of domestic violence to be addressed. This
difficulty is perhaps attributed by two main challenges. Firstly, there are
numerous cases of immigrant couples who are abused domestically. As a result,
it makes it cumbersome for domestic violence courts to handle such cases
promptly. Secondly, lack of willingness to file law suits among some victims of domestic violence has
significantly hindered the process of curtailing the vice.
Therefore, it will
take some lengthy period of time before all cases of domestic violence are
addressed. Needless to say, there are cases whereby racism still plays an
important part in influencing the judgments leveled against perpetrators of
domestic violence.