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ANALYSIS: New Public Charge Rule is Welcome Improvement for Immigrant Survivors
On Thursday, September 8, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new rule on the public charge ground of inadmissibility.
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Tahirih Justice Center Celebrates Houston Annual Gala: Journey to Justice: Progress and Perseverance
The Tahirih Justice Center and Co-Chairs Rebecca Seidl, Partner at Mayer Brown LLP, and Tommy Inglesby, Managing Director at Accenture, invite you to the Houston annual gala, Journey to Justice: […]
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Miles de inmigrantes están en riesgo tras decisiones de la Corte Suprema
Tahirih’s Senior Litigation Counsel, Richard Caldarone, spoke to La Opinion reporter Jesus Garcia, about two recent SCOTUS decisions that could devastatingly impact the clients we serve.
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Alaska Takes Steps to Limit Child Marriage
After several years of efforts, Alaska has taken action to protect children by limiting child marriage in the state. House Bill 62 does not ban child marriage but is an important first step to ending child marriage in the state. Until this year, Alaska had the lowest minimum marriage age set by law at just 14 and allowed older minors to marry with nothing more than parental permission.
The new law, which passed both House and Senate with strong bipartisan majorities, raises the state’s minimum marriage age to 16. It also ensures that all minors will go before a judge before marrying, and mandates that minors may not marry a partner more than three years older.
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Afghan Asylum Project: 1 Year Later
In August 2021, as a result of the crisis in Afghanistan, thousands of Afghan citizens began arriving in the United States, with urgent needs for legal and social services as […]
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Local teen organizes benefit concert to support survivors of gender-based violence
In an article featured in the Mountain View Voice reporter, reporter Malea Martin, interviewed Morgan Weibel, the executive director for Tahirih’s San Francisco/Bay area office in a preview coverage of Soaring in Concert — a concert benefit organized by Aaron Bao, a high school sophomore in Los Altos, California.
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Soaring in Concert Surpasses Fundraising Goal
The Tahirih Justice Center is proud to announce that Soaring in Concert, a benefit concert supporting the organization’s work, raised over $30,000, surpassing its original goal. This event was made possible by the efforts of Aaron Bao, a rising high school sophomore at the Harker School in San Jose, California, his family, and their community.
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She’s at Brown. Her Heart’s Still in Kabul.
The New York Times Magazines reporter, Maddie Crowell, spoke with Tahirih’s co-director of client advocacy, Adilene Nuñez-Huang, about the hurdles Afghan women who seek a college education face while awaiting asylum claims.
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Midyear Update: The Road to Progress in 2022
This year marks a monumental milestone for Tahirih Justice Center: 25 years of serving immigrant survivors of gender-based violence. At our 25th Anniversary Gala in May, we celebrated what this […]
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More than a million could die waiting for green cards as U.S. immigration buckles amid COVID
Los Angeles Times immigration reporter, Andrea Castillo, spoke with Daniella Prieshoff, supervising attorney at the Tahirih Justice Center, about how visa backlogs are impacting her clients that have been waiting for an answer for several years.