Immigration Related Abuse

Advance abuse can have legal implications and even immigration-related consequences. Before you dig a deeper hole for yourself, lets make sure to cover the basics!

If your status is being used against you, that’s leverage.

That is not love

what it looks like

• Threats to report you
• Withholding paperwork
• Using status to silence you
• Blocking access to information
• Controlling finances tied to immigration

What you need to understand

Leverage works because it creates fear.

Fear makes you comply.

Documentation weakens leverage.

What To Do

Record incidents.
Keep proof.
Build structure.

You don’t need to panic.

You need positioning.