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Tahirih Client Featured in HBO Documentary on Family Separation
HBO’s new documentary tells the story of Tahirih client Vilma and her daughter Yeisvi after they were forcibly separated for 246 days.
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Trump’s Asylum Crackdown Intensifies the Fight for Refugee Rights
The Nation featured Aicha Abdoulaye Mahamane, Tahirih Client Ambassador, in an article on how new policy changes have significantly impacted survivors of gender-based violence. Aicha and Tahirih SF Bay Area Executive Director, Morgan Weibel, discuss how survivors and their attorneys are navigating rapid shifts in asylum law and the immigration system.
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At the Border and Beyond: Women Lawyers Defend Unprecedented Attacks on Asylum Law
The American Bar Association reported on the impact of administration’s evolving policies at the southern border, as well as the impact on immigration attorneys working with asylum seekers.
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Appeals court puts limit on order blocking asylum ban
In a series of rulings on the third country asylum ban, The Hill reported on the Ninth Circuit’s decision to lift a preliminary injunction on the ban, just two days after that ruling was made. This decision allows the administration’s asylum ban to continue along the border in New Mexico and Texas. Julie Carpenter, Tahirih Senior Litigation Counsel, commented.
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Beyond the Breakthrough: Fighting Forced Marriage In the Struggle to End Violence
Ahead of the 2019 National Sexual Assault Conference, Ms. Magazine published a series of blogs from conference presenters on the collective movement to end sexual violence. Tahirih Forced Marriage Initiative Project Manager, Casey Swegman, and Tahirih Policy Communications Associate, Rachel Pak, authored a piece on the intersections of forced marriage and sexual assault.
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Watchdog finds HHS shelters unequipped for mental health of migrant children
A recent report found that shelters run by the Department of Health and Human Services were poorly equipped to care for the mental health of migrant children.
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Trump’s ‘public charge’ policy shows lack of empathy on green card holders
USA Today published a Letter to the Editor from advocate and former Tahirih client Aicha Abdoulaye Mahaman, criticizing the administration’s inhumane “public charge” policy.
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Raising the Next Generation of Allies
With a new school year just around the corner, there’s much learning to look forward to and not all of that will come from textbooks. Aside from the basic mathematics, […]
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Detaining Migrants Indefinitely
In a letter to the editor of the New York Times, Tahirih Senior Immigration Policy Counsel, Irena Sullivan, responded to the administration’s move to detain migrant families indefinitely while they wait for their asylum cases to move forward.
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Trump Faces Long-Shot Bid to Jail Migrant Families Indefinitely
Bloomberg quoted Tahirih Senior Immigration Policy Counsel, Irena Sullivan, in an article about the administration’s plan to change a rule regarding how long migrant families may be detained for.