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New Freedom for Survivors in Detention
After a year of intensive advocacy, ICE announced it will free hundreds of mothers and children from remote U.S. detention centers. What needs to happen now in the name of justice?
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A Survivor Rebuilds Her Shattered World
“There was nowhere safe in my country for me,” she says. “I fought for 12 years.” Read Camille’s remarkable story of survival.
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Paying the Highest Price: The Children of Our Border Project
Take a moment to learn more about the children of our Border Project on a special day to commemorate child victims around the world.
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Staff Spotlight: Libby Hasse, Equal Justice Works Fellow
The first immigration case that I worked on in law school was a gender-based asylum case. My client was the strongest person that I had ever met.
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Lack of Judges Leaves Clients in Limbo
A severe backlog of immigration cases, combined with a shortage of judges, is delaying justice for Tahirih clients.
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Child Marriage in America: Current Laws Are Failing to Protect Vulnerable Children and Teens
The data is clear: Child marriage problem is a problem right here in the U.S.
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Tahirih Houston Asks Federal Court to Halt Mass Detention of Refugees
Will the Department of Homeland Security uphold its legal commitment to treat immigrant children fairly?
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Victims Face Long Wait Times as Court Backlog Increases
Central American immigrants’ right to due process is being threatened as their cases are placed at the front of the docket, giving them insufficient time to secure an attorney and prepare a case.
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Staff Spotlight: Salma Hasan, Rosenberg Public Interest Fellow
Though it may seem like a small moment, one of my favorite memories at Tahirih is one of my first retainer signings. All I did that day was explain to the client that we were taking her case and cover the different agreements to be signed, but what was so memorable was the glow on both her and her mother’s faces.
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Foreign Domestic Violence Victims May Now Qualify as Refugees
Martha’s gangster boyfriend threw her down a flight of stairs and struck her so hard in her head that her ears rang for hours. Now, a landmark ruling in August from the nation’s highest immigration court could help Martha and other domestic violence survivors.