Violence Against Women Act -VAWA: The false accusations and the immigration fraud:
VAWA: A law was made to help women who are being abused by their husbands – specifically immigrant women who are married to legal US residents (Citizens and permanent residents) who stay in abusive relationships because they expect to become legal residents.
Unfortunately everything VAWA provides to these women does not require any proof. Police reports can be made by anyone and the police simply write what they are being told. Ex-Parte petitions for Temporary Protective Orders are granted without requiring proof. Friends and relatives of the immigrant women sign affidavits because they are the friends and relative of the immigrant women and they have nothing to lose by doing so.
In addition, when an immigrant woman contacts a VAWA shelter, the shelter operates under the assumption that women stay too long in abusive relationships and that women do not realize they are being abused. The VAWA shelter will thus work with the woman to identify every possible form of abuse she has allegedly been subjected to. One can only imagine what happens when an immigrant woman lies about being abused in order to get immigration and other benefits provided based on having been in a VAWA shelter.
Due to the above immigrant women deliberately plan to marry US Citizens and permanent residents in order to accuse them of domestic violence, get to a VAWA shelter and receive a number of benefits: Certification, employment, assisted housing, education grants, relocation to another state, medical and psychological help and… immigration based on self petition.
The US Citizen or permanent resident suffers in the following ways:
1. The male spouse is deceived by the female immigrant to spend his money, time and resources. He is made to believe that her intentions are honest where in fact she is fully versed on VAWA and her intentions are to make the false accusations of domestic violence soon after the marriage and receive benefits: Free housing, Certification, Employment, Medical and Psychological services, moving assistance, education grants and… immigration. The innocent male spouse is deceived to spend his money, time and resources on a dishonest immigrant women. This is a horrible form of abuse encouraged by VAWA. I for instance lost three years of my life against my will and another year so far recovering from PTSD inflicted by the incident.
2. The male spouse suffers from the false accusations. VAWA accepts an Ex-Parte petition for a protective order or a no-contact order as evidence. The female immigrant is required to file the petition and thus commit perjury in court. These false accusations can potentially destroy the male citizen, prevent him from getting employment and make him sick as they did in my case.
The questions I have are:
1. What changes are necessary to prevent immigrant women from fraudulently deceive male citizens to marry them where in reality they plan to falsely accuse the male citizen and gain immigration though a VAWA shelter and the self petition?
2. What changes are necessary to prevent the false accusations once the immigrant women contacts the VAWA shelter?
If the above questions can be answered, we could put together a plan for change and propose it to Congress.
Respectfully, -
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I have been abused by a Mexican woman with a Narcissistic Personality Disorder. She deceived me to believe that she wanted to be my wife. I provided for her and her three sons for three years. After three years of living together I thought I knew her.
I agreed to marry her because I agreed that she should become legal in this country.
Just as soon as I married her she revealed her true face. She actually told me she never intended to be my wife and that she married me for immigration.
Her two boys, suffering from her manipulations had become very sick and I had no choice but to file for divorce only three months after we got married.
I thought my troubles with her would soon be over, but to my surprise she found a way to a domestic violence shelter - a VAWA shelter. Unfortunately they believed her lies
After a couple of weeks in the shelter she signed a petition for a Temporary Protective Order, falsely accusing me of domestic violence. She abused the pro-bono legal help provided at the shelter. At the court hearing the judge, after listening to her realized she was lying and dismissed her accusations.
To my surprise I was told that despite of her making false accusations against me she still gets to stay in the shelter, and that she still benefits from free housing, legal, psychological and medical services, employment and Immigration to stay in this country.
Exactly a year after I filed for divorce she, assisted by her son and others from the shelter broke in to my house and robbed me of the things they knew were most dear to me.
I respectfully request your assistance in making Congress aware of this case and that proper action be taken to rectify the mistakes made by the VAWA service center.
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The following information pertains to:
VAWA service center: International Women's House, P.O. Box 1327 Decatur, Georgia 30031 Phone: 770-413-5557 Fax: 678-476-6804 eMail:
[email protected]
And their client: Martha Laura Granados (DOB 11/14/1966). Please let me have your feedback on the matter.
Thanks.
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Ref: Martha Laura Granados bellia66 Martha Granados (DOB 11/14/1966)
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I was helping Martha and her sons so much. After her divorce I offered her my house. She and her 3 sons lived in my house for three years. I helped her with so many things: house, car, driver's license, doctors, surgeries, money.
She told me she wanted to be my wife. I agreed to marry her so that she could be legal in this country. It was then that trouble started.
There is a law in this country called Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Under this law a woman can simply claim that she is a domestic violence victim and she gets all the help she needs: Housing, Legal, Psychological, Medical, Employment and Immigration papers to stay in this country…
She contacted a VAWA agent and claimed there was domestic violence. After being in the shelter for a couple of weeks she signed a petition for a Temporary Protective Order that was full of lies.
When I met Martha in October 2005 she was a Domestic Violence Victim and I wanted to help. I never imagined she would end up accusing me of the same. I offered her and her 3 sons to stay in my house.
In August 2008 she asked (begged) me to marry her because she was out of legal status in the US and wanted to become legal and needed to see her son in Mexico. Again I wanted to help and I agreed. On Aug. 27 – 2008 Martha and I got married.
Immediately after we got married her behavior changed dramatically. It became clear to me that something was totally wrong with our marriage. Martha threatened me to “leave me a present” meaning “send me to jail”. I thought she was under a lot of stress and again I felt pity. On Oct. 5 – 2008 I filed for immigration for her and on Nov. 9 – 2008 for her 2 children.
Martha had managed to create a deep conflict between her 2 children and their own father and now she was working on doing the same between her 2 children and me. Her children's behavior was becoming more and more unhealthy. When I discussed her sons' situation with her she lost her temper, and later she would turn that into Emotional Violence in order to gain Immigration Benefits. On November 27 she told her son, Raul to cut off the TV cables which he did in 4 places.
As I realized the situation was becoming very unhealthy I asked her to look for another place to stay. On November 29 Martha went to the police which escorted her and her children back to our residence. On Sunday Nov. 30 2008 Martha informed me that she intends to stay married only for the purpose of gaining Immigration Benefits. On Monday Dec. 1 2008 – for the above reason - I filed the Divorce Petition.
Martha immediately began to look for ways to retaliate against me. She joined the Domestic Violence Program - VAWA claiming there was “Emotional Violence” against her children. On Dec. 19 2008 Martha and her children left our residence and moved to a Dekalb County Domestic Violence Women's Shelter (International Women's House, P.O. Box 1327 Decatur, Georgia 30031 Phone: 770-413-5557 Fax: 678-476-6804 eMail:
[email protected]). Martha left to the shelter using my 2007 SUV that I lent her.
On Dec. 31 2008 I came to Martha's sister's house to wish them a Happy New Year and to pick up my 2007 SUV. When I was driving the vehicle away Martha and her two sons ran out in front of the vehicle in an attempt to forcefully stop the running vehicle thus endangering their own lives and mine.
On Jan. 8 2009 Martha filed a petition for a Temporary Protective Order with Cobb County GA Superior Court – Civil Action 09-1-179-99 - FALSELY accusing me for domestic violence against her and her children. On Jan. 13 2009 when appearing in front of the judge Martha committed Perjury for the first time.
On Jan. 23 2009 the Temporary Protective Order – Civil Action 09-1-179-99 was dismissed by Cobb County GA Superior Court judge – finding Martha's accusations to be FALSE. At the court session Martha committed Perjury for the second time.
While giving her testimony Martha referred to events that allegedly took place on a trip to Orlando, FL in June 2008, proving that when she asked me to marry her in August 2008 her intentions were dishonest.
On Jan. 29 2009 the FINAL DECREE of Divorce was granted – Civil Action 08-1-11044-40 by Cobb County GA Superior Court judge.
On May 29 2009 Martha appeared at my house and attempted to gain access to the property. When the police arrived Martha informed the police that she was still married to me. By doing so Martha committed criminal trespassing and provided the police with misinformation.
On December 1, 2009 Exactly a year after I filed for divorce she, assisted by her son and others from the shelter broke in to my house and robbed me of the things they knew were most dear to me.
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