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Trump Administration Proposes Rules To Sharply Restrict Asylum Claims
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June 11th, 2020In this article, NPR quotes the Tahirih Justice Center on the newest asylum regulations proposed by the administration. If implemented, the regulations would effectively shut down the asylum system.
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Tahirih Condemns New Proposed Regulations That Aim to End Asylum
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June 11th, 2020Today, the administration proposed regulations that aim to overturn U.S. asylum law, making it effectively impossible for people fleeing persecution to obtain protection in the United States. If implemented, the rule would eliminate gender-based asylum—shutting the door to anyone fleeing life-threatening persecution due to their gender, while undoing decades of legal precedent. Women fleeing rape […]
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Tahirih Condemns New Proposed Regulations That Aim to End Asylum
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June 10th, 2020Today, the administration proposed regulations that aim to overturn U.S. asylum law, making it effectively impossible for people fleeing persecution to obtain protection in the United States. Read Tahirih’s full statement here.
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Tahirih Explains Gender-Based Asylum
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June 10th, 2020On June 10, 2020, the administration proposed new regulations that aim to end asylum. Within the regulations is an attempt to end gender-based asylum, which endangers the survivors we work […]
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Letter to DHS and CDC on COVID-19 and the Expulsions of Asylum Seekers
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April 16th, 2020The Tahirih Justice Center signed a letter, joined by over 120 legal, faith-based, humanitarian, human rights and community organizations, to object to the Department of Homeland Security’s closure of the […]
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Tahirih Comments on Proposed Bars to Asylum Eligibility
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January 22nd, 2020The Tahirih Justice Center submitted comments in opposition to proposed rules that would add additional mandatory bars to eligibility for asylum, harming survivors of gender-based violence.
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Tahirih Comments Opposing Proposed Rule on Asylum Application, Interview, and Employment Authorization for Applicants
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January 20th, 2020The Tahirih Justice Center submitted comments opposing the administration’s proposed regulations that create additional, undue barriers for asylum seekers to access justice, including delays to employment authorization for most asylum […]