At the table, and they need to work together. That is what a memorandum of understanding is. Is. We believe that they should be mandatory. We are developing them with all of the institutions. It has really been a giveandtake. We have been at the table with all of those folks. That is what needs to happen and how we build an ideal system of response. It is not a dual approach. The internal process and the lawenforcement piece. Victims should be deciding how that entire process goes forward and should pass her or his eyes open the entire time. You spent many years in this area. Violence and domestic Sexual Assault. That is a a crime that has really come out of the shadows. It is now treated much more seriously. Does that provide any models severe domestic violence. I think the lessons are, address, address this. We need to really listen to victims, listen to what they are saying. We need to train our personal, anyone who is interacting with the victim in trauma informed forensic intervie
From honduras with their 3yearold son after her father beat her to cause her a miscarriage and threatened her with torture and death. When she was sent to jail, a guard gave favors to her and her son and told her that he could help her with her immigration case. When he initiated sex with her, she did not feel comfortable saying no. Because a guard can exercise so much control over the daily life of a detained person, including when she can eat, when she can sleep and when she can be punished notions of consent have little meaning in this context. Thats why pria treats any Sexual Conduct by a guard as a form of sexual abuse, regardless of apparent consent. But authorities at berks did not understand this rule. Rather than educate the women at berks about their rights under pria, the facilities announced new victim blaming policies against wearing tight or revealing clothing. The response must fall on ice for failing to comply with prias mandate. Ice deserves credit for implementing and
Detention existsystem is unknown and Oversight Authority within the agency is unclear. My written testimony identifies specific oversight and transparency mechanisms that the commission could push cbp to implement. Since others have commented extensively on the obama administrations cruel and unnecessary policy of detaining Central American immigrant families i will just emphasize one of the inevitable consequences of this policy something that was only public a announced by ms. Lucas today. Sadly, a baby girl in a ice detention facility will turn 1 month old. She and her mother have been in Homeland Security custody since she was 11 days old. The administrations decision to massively expand the detention of immigrant families with children means that many more newborns toddlers and Young Children will experience milestones like this while incarcerated. The commission can play an Important Role by calling for an end to these family detention policies. When ice does not implement its de
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Working to nurture new visions and we offer tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. What can we do for you . And now bbc world news america. This is bbc world news america reporting from washington. An israeli synagogue is attacked by two palestinians armed with guns. Five are killed in the iolence. The conflict in syria and iraq have led to a refugee crisis. All must step up their response. The u. N. High commissioner. Were no longer able to clean up the mess. Fire ripped through one of scotlands great treasures. Six months later, archeologists are sifting through what remains with some highpowered supporters. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and also around the globe. Today in jerusalem, five israelis were killed when two men armed with a pistol and meat clevers attacked a synagogue. Attackers are palestinian from East Jerusalem and shot dead by police. The victims were four worshipers and a policeman who later died of his wounds. Our correspondent rep