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Washington, D.C. Joined 13 States to Ban Child Marriage
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March 25th, 2025FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2025 CONTACT: Lynn Tramonte ([email protected] / 202-255-0551) Washington, DC Joined 13 States to Ban Child Marriage WASHINGTON – Child marriage is child abuse. And it […]
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Statement by Casey Carter Swegman: ICE is brazenly violating the law
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March 19th, 2025In response to ICE unlawfully arresting and detaining Jeanette Vizguerra, a well-known immigration activist and long-time resident of Colorado with three U.S. citizen children, Tahirih Director of Public Policy Casey […]
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Breaking Down the News: FY2025 Continuing Resolution
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March 18th, 2025On March 14, 2025, the Senate approved a short-term funding bill known as a “Continuing Resolution” or “CR” which funds the federal government through the rest of the fiscal year […]
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Statement from Tahirih CEO on the Return of Family Detention: “It is a shameful practice.”
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March 7th, 2025In response to recent media reports about the return of family detention, Tahirih Justice Center’s CEO Archi Pyati states, “Family detention is a cruel and inhumane policy that inflicts irreparable […]
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Trump’s policies on gender identity and immigration have trans immigrants worried about their future
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March 3rd, 2025Casey Carter Swegman, director of public policy at Tahirih Justice Center, a nonprofit serving immigrants fleeing gender-based violence, said immigrants and transgender people are “highly targeted and vulnerable” individually, which […]
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Federal Appellate Court Blocks Harmful Iowa State Law, SF 2340
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February 25th, 2025Recently the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a district court’s decision to block an Iowa state law (SF 2340), ruling that it conflicts with federal […]
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Breaking Down the News: ICE Guidance on Immigration Enforcement Involving Survivors Will Increase the Climate of Fear
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February 25th, 2025Interim Guidance on Civil Immigration Enforcement Actions Involving Current or Potential Beneficiaries of Victim-Based Immigration Benefits and Recission of ICE Directive 11005.3: Using a Victim-Centered Approach with Noncitizen Crime Victims […]