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Tahirih Urges the Administration & Congress to Reverse Course on Gutting Asylum Protections
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December 18th, 2023The Tahirih Justice Center is outraged by the news that the administration appears willing to play politics with human lives. These attacks on immigrants and people seeking asylum represent not […]
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Transgender Asylum Seekers: The Impact of Gender-Based Violence and Deterrence Policies at the Border
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December 5th, 2023Transgender people experience violence worldwide at alarmingly high rates – research shows that trans people are over four times more likely than cisgender people to be victims of violent crime, […]
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Senators Must Reject Attacks on Asylum in Funding Negotiations!
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November 30th, 2023As a bipartisan group of Senators negotiate a supplemental funding deal that includes harmful changes to asylum law, Casey Carter Swegman, Director of Public Policy at the Tahirih Justice Center, […]
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Senators Must Reject Attacks on Asylum in Funding Negotiations!
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November 30th, 2023As a bipartisan group of Senators negotiate a supplemental funding deal that includes harmful changes to asylum law, Casey Carter Swegman, Director of Public Policy at the Tahirih Justice Center, issued a statement.
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Tahirih Celebrates Win in Asylum Delay Litigation
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October 5th, 2023The Tahirih Justice Center, with pro bono law firm Orrick LLP, is celebrating success in a lawsuit against the U.S. government for its failure to adjudicate long-overdue asylum applications. A […]
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The Afghan Asylum Project: 2 Years Later
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August 31st, 2023In August 2021, as a result of the crisis in Afghanistan, thousands of Afghan citizens began arriving in the United States, with urgent needs for legal and social services as […]
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Forced to Flee: Universal Right to Asylum
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July 28th, 2023Asylum is a universal right. Every person should have the chance to seek safety from persecution. Each year, on July 28, we celebrate the anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, […]