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Tahirih Files Lawsuit Challenging the Use of CBP to Conduct Credible Fear Interviews
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March 30th, 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | March 30, 2020 Today, the Tahirih Justice Center filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the use of Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents to screen […]
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Analysis: The Impact of COVID-19 on Immigrant Survivors
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March 23rd, 2020This brief analysis examines the gaps in the immigration, health care, and public benefits systems that make immigrant survivors especially vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Statement: Impact of COVID-19 on Immigrant Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
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March 19th, 2020As daily activities have ground to a halt in the United States to slow the spread of COVID-19, Americans have been pushed into an unprecedented state of isolation, unemployment, and stress. For immigrant survivors of gender-based violence, many of whom are living with the effects of trauma or coping with ongoing abuse, this is an especially difficult time.
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Survey of Advocates Reveals Immigrant Survivors Fear Reporting Violence
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June 4th, 2019Tahirih and a coalition of national organizations issued this statement after releasing the eye-opening results of a survey of advocates working with immigrant survivors of violence.
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Victory in Georgia! New Law Protects Against Child Marriage
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May 6th, 2019Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law a bill ending child marriage in Georgia!
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‘Heartless’: Advocates Bristle at Trump Plan to Charge Asylum-Seekers a Fee
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April 30th, 2019Tahirih Chief of Policy Archi Pyati spoke with NBC News about the cruelty of the administration’s proposed fee on asylum seekers.
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Presidential Proclamation Calls For Harmful Asylum Restrictions
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April 30th, 2019Tahirih is deeply concerned about the likelihood of new regulations pursuant to the presidential proclamation on April 29, which will make it nearly impossible for asylum seekers to access the rights to which they are entitled under international and domestic law.