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How Tahirih is addressing anti-Black racism and White supremacy
We are stating loud and clear: BLACK LIVES MATTER
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Survivor Voices: Uwa
Uwa is an independent, well-educated woman who provided for herself and her family. This outraged her husband’s family, who pressured him to “control” her, including through violence. She refused to […]
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Judge deals setback to key Trump policy limiting asylum
This article highlights the victory in Tahirih’s lawsuit challenging the transit asylum ban, which barred anyone approaching the U.S. southern border from applying for asylum, with limited exceptions. The lawsuit […]
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Undocumented Survivors Have Long Lived in Limbo. COVID-19 Is Making It Worse
Isabela Dias of Truthout reported on the significant delays that immigrant survivors face on pending cases for legal relief. Julie Carpenter, Tahirih Senior Litigation Counsel, spoke to Dias about Tahirih’s […]
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Stand with Survivors
Asylum is under attack and we must act now to save gender-based asylum. Take action today.
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Trump’s New Asylum Policy Doesn’t Help Our System
Archi Pyati, Tahirih Chief of Policy and Communications, writes a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal on the new asylum regulations proposed by the administration.
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Celebrate Juneteenth
June 19, or Juneteenth, is the oldest known celebration of Black freedom from slavery. On this day we celebrate the realities and aspirations of liberty and justice for all. Tahirih […]
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‘Racism is a public health crisis’: COVID-19 and racial disparity
WFAA, Dallas’s leading local news outlet, quotes Tahirih Houston Policy & Advocacy Manager, Guadalupe Fernandez, on racism and how the COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately harming communities of color. Racial injustice […]
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If Americans believe in freedom from lockdown, they should start here
This opinion piece from CNN covers the story of Tahirih Atlanta client Danilo, an asylum seeker who was detained by ICE for over a year and separated from his husband […]
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La nueva regla de asilo propuesta por el gobierno acelerará juicios y reducirá el poder de los jueces
Univision cita a Archi Pyati (Jefe de Política y Comunicaciones) y a Richard Caldarone (Abogado), ambxs de Tahirih, sobre las regulaciones propuestas que dejarían de funcionar en el sistema de asilo de EE. UU. si se implementaran.