WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement
on Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ effort to roll back asylum for
survivors of domestic violence seeking protection in the United States.
“Each year, tens of thousands
of women look to the United States for safety from unimaginable, often
life-threatening abuse, and for the opportunity to rebuild their lives.
Attorney General Sessions’ decision is cruel, deeply wrong, and yet
another example of the Trump Administration’s blatant and frightening disregard for women’s lives.
Despite what President Trump and Attorney General Sessions may want to
claim, domestic violence is not just a ‘private’ concern—and the United
States should be a leader among nations in rooting it out here at home
and protecting those who flee their homes to escape this scourge
abroad.”