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  • Federal court strikes down Trump’s ‘third country’ asylum ban at the U.S.-Mexico border

    July 3rd, 2020

    Judge Kelly overturned the administration’s transit asylum ban, striking yet another legal blow to the administration’s restrictive immigration policies. Tahirih was part of the lawsuit challenging this illegal policy and […]

  • Survivor Voices: Uwa

    July 1st, 2020

    Uwa is an independent, well-educated woman who provided for herself and her family. This outraged her husband’s family, who pressured him to “control” her, including through violence. She refused to […]

  • Judge deals setback to key Trump policy limiting asylum

    July 1st, 2020

    This article highlights the victory in Tahirih’s lawsuit challenging the transit asylum ban, which barred anyone approaching the U.S. southern border from applying for asylum, with limited exceptions. The lawsuit […]

  • Undocumented Survivors Have Long Lived in Limbo. COVID-19 Is Making It Worse

    June 27th, 2020

    Isabela Dias of Truthout reported on the significant delays that immigrant survivors face on pending cases for legal relief. Julie Carpenter, Tahirih Senior Litigation Counsel, spoke to Dias about Tahirih’s […]

  • Stand with Survivors

    June 23rd, 2020

    Asylum is under attack and we must act now to save gender-based asylum. Take action today.

  • Trump’s New Asylum Policy Doesn’t Help Our System

    June 19th, 2020

    Archi Pyati, Tahirih Chief of Policy and Communications, writes a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal on the new asylum regulations proposed by the administration.

  • Celebrate Juneteenth

    June 18th, 2020

    June 19, or Juneteenth, is the oldest known celebration of Black freedom from slavery. On this day we celebrate the realities and aspirations of liberty and justice for all. Tahirih […]