TOW #27 - Too Scared to Report Sexual Abuse. The Fear: Deportation.

Ever since the 2016 presidential election, there was an increase in Latinos speaking up for themselves. Undocumented Latinos who are impacted by domestic violence fear that bringing their case to court will attract government officials who want to evict them from the United States of America. Donald Trump’s election made it clear that he was going to work throughout his presidency to stop immigrants from entering the United States and those who are undocumented fear to create attention because they don’t want to leave America. In the article, Too Scared to Report Sexual Abuse. The Fear: Deportation, by Jennifer Medina, it is evident that the fear always had occurred for people to report their domestic violence, but it has dramatically increased this past year for Latinos once Trump entered office. The number reporting rate decreased by more than 40 percent.

It is important for people to be able to have a voice but with a president who is disrespectful towards people who just want to live in a country that is supposed to represent freedom, it is very difficult for Latinos to speak up for themselves. No matter who the person is, they should feel comfortable at least talking to someone so they do not hide in their pain of dealing with the domestic violence by themselves. Some would even use a different name so they were able to report the domestic violence but they didn’t have to share their identity with the world. Unfortunately, it has become obvious through the decrease in calls that Latinos have a great fear of being sent back over the borders but police argue that their way of dealing with crimes has not changed and the White House does not control how they act on different situations.

This article expresses to the audience the importance of reporting domestic violence no matter the situation. It informs the audience how the presidential election deeply impacted the amount undocumented Latinos have been reporting domestic violence. This leads them to have to face this violence way longer than they could be if they just called the police to help them get out of a very difficult situation.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/30/us/immigrants-deportation-sexual-abuse.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0