Changes to Vawa Migration Program Due to Misuse

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Thousand Palms, Calif. (KUNA) – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, also known as VAWA, will be amended due to the program's overuse and potential cases of fraud. Over the years, VAWA expanded its scope, which is how many residents became familiar with the program, whose primary function was to provide visas for women who were victims of domestic violence at the hands of …