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At a University of Montana law-school program, attorneys, advocates, and a legislator examine domestic violence, human trafficking, and the legal barriers facing immigrant survivors. Shahid Haque focuses on cases he had encountered in Montana: abusive spouses withholding immigration filings and work authorization, using isolation and deportation threats as control, and involving immigration officers after a survivor sought help. The panel also discusses VAWA and U visas, interpreters, shelters, law-enforcement training, Montana's trafficking laws, and the shortage of legal representation.