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The Government Has Finally Stopped Publicizing Abuse Victims’ Personal Information
Tahirih received an update from the DHS assuring that the DHS-VINE database will no longer disclose the federally-protected personal information of victims of crime.
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Tahirih Featured in PBS Frontline Child Marriage Series
Tahirih’s legislative advocacy and groundbreaking legal research on child marriage laws were recently featured in a PBS Frontline series on child marriage in America.
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U.S. States Seek to End Child Marriage
Jeanne Smoot, Tahirih’s Senior Counsel for Policy and Strategy, joined Al Jazeera English’s The Stream to discuss the movement to end child marriage in the U.S.
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Texas Just Banned Child Marriage
The Huffington Post highlights Tahirih’s efforts to draft and drive a bill banning child marriage in Texas.
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Texas, the State With the Country’s Second-Highest Child Marriage Rate, Finally Bans It
This Slate article recognizes Tahirih’s work to write the law to end child marriage in Texas.
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Texas Has The Second-Highest Rate Of Youth Marriage In The U.S
Tahirih Senior Counsel for Policy and Strategy Jeanne Smoot discussed the need for Senate Bill 1705 to raise the minimum age of marriage in Texas.
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Trump Administration Ends Program for Mothers, Children Seeking Asylum
As the Family Case Management System prepares to close, the chief of policy for Tahirih, Archi Pyati, warns of the consequences for women and children fleeing violence.
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Deportation Fears Silence Some Domestic Violence Victims
TIME spoke with Tahirih Houston Executive Director Anne Chandler and Staff Attorney Libby Hasse for this story on how the new Administration’s policies are affecting immigrant survivors of gender-based violence.
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Trump Administration’s Database of “Criminal Aliens” is Dangerous—and Quite Possibly Illegal
This Slate article discusses the publicly searchable DHS database that includes confidential information on protected survivors of crime. Tahirih has asked DHS to take down this information immediately.
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Trump Administration’s Immigration Database Exposes Crime Victims’ Personal Info, Lawyers Say
The Guardian reports that DHS’s new online database, VINE, includes confidential information on protected survivors of gender-based violence.