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This bill, the Protecting Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence Act, aims to provide immigration status for certain battered spouses and children. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to add a new category of "abused derivative alien" who is a spouse or child of a principal alien, has been subject to battery or extreme cruelty by the principal alien, and is accompanying or following to join the principal alien. 2. Granting admission, extending the period of admission, and renewing the status of abused derivative aliens for up to 3 years, regardless of the period for which the principal alien was initially admitted. 3. Providing employment authorization to abused derivative aliens. 4. Allowing the adjustment of status of abused derivative aliens to lawful permanent residence if they are admissible or their continued presence in the U.S. is justified on humanitarian grounds, to ensure family unity, or is otherwise in the public interest. 5. Specifying that the termination of the relationship with the principal alien will not affect the status of an abused derivative alien if the battery or extreme cruelty by the principal alien was a central reason for the termination.

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