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Immigration Groups Challenge Rule ‘Eviscerating’ Asylum
Law360 reported on the Tahirih Justice Center and Ayuda’s joint lawsuit to challenge sweeping asylum regulations that would eliminate gender-based asylum and protections for gang-related persecution.
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Tahirih Denounces Recertification of Matter of A-B- Opinion
Yesterday, the Acting Attorney General issued a new opinion on Matter of A-B-, yet again cruelly attacking immigrant survivors of domestic and sexual violence seeking asylum. The policies of the […]
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Tahirih and Ayuda File Lawsuit Challenging Sweeping Regulations That Would End Asylum
Yesterday, the Tahirih Justice Center and Ayuda filed a lawsuit challenging the outgoing administration’s sweeping regulations that would overturn U.S. asylum law. Finalized in December 2020, the rule would make […]
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Tahirih Files Lawsuit Challenging Work Permit Bars for Asylum Seekers
The Tahirih Justice Center filed a lawsuit challenging two Department of Homeland Security rules that will deny people seeking asylum access to a work permit. Finalized in June 2020, the […]
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The obvious solution to Houston’s housing crisis: ‘Just cease all evictions’
In this article by Scalawag Magazine, Guadalupe Fernandez, Tahirih Houston Policy and Advocacy Manager, speaks about the specific vulnerabilities that immigrant survivors face during the eviction crisis. Read more […]
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Trump Admin. Revives Migrant Transit Ban After Court Block
Richard Caladrone, Tahirih Litigation Counsel, speaks about the administration’s final version of the transit asylum ban, which bars anyone approaching the U.S. southern border from applying for asylum, with limited […]
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Less Than Half Of Harris County’s $26 Million Rent Relief Has Been Claimed By Tenants
Guadalupe Fernandez, Tahirih Houston Policy and Advocacy Manager, speaks about the additional barriers that immigrant survivors face in accessing rental relief. Read more here.
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New asylum rule bars gays, lesbians facing persecution, immigrants threatened with violence
Archi Pyati, Tahirih Chief of Policy and Communications, speaks about the finalized, sweeping rule on asylum that would effectively eliminate this life-saving protection in the U.S. Read more here.
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This Human Rights Day, Meet Allan.
Today we celebrate Human Rights Day, marking the day 72 years ago when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and proclaimed that all people — regardless […]
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Voices of Houston: Discovery Green honors unsung Houston heroes in its winter art installation
Tahirih Houston Attorney, Jennefer Canales-Pelaez, was selected for the Voices of Houston award, recognizing her work to serve immigrant survivors of gender-based violence. Read more here.