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Senate to create law granting new rights for Gays, Lesbians, Illegal Aliens and Native American women
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[ link to claremoreprogress.com] The Senate is poised to rewrite the federal government’s principal anti-domestic abuse law with new protections for gays, lesbians, immigrants and Native American women. The bill, expected to easily pass the Senate, is largely the same as last year’s measure. It specifies that underserved communities, including those defined by sexual orientation and gender identity, should receive equal treatment under the act and it also improves protections for immigrant women subject to abusive or violent marriages. It strengthens the ability of tribal communities to prosecute non-Indians who assault Indian partners on tribal lands. Indian women are victims of domestic abuse at far higher rates than the national average, but their attackers often go unpunished because federal prosecutors don’t have the resources to pursue misdemeanor crimes on isolated reservations. .
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