The Tahirih Justice Center submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Justice in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers.

International human rights law forbids sending people back to the country that they are fleeing when their lives are on the line. Black immigrants, including Haitians, have been discriminated against—and it’s costing lives. For months, thousands of Haitian asylum seekers and other Black migrants have been expelled from this country and denied their legal right to seek asylum. Black migrants deserve to be welcomed with dignity, not face an endless cycle of inhumane and violent treatment at the hands of our government.

Tahirih opens our fifth office in Atlanta where 1 in 10 residents is an immigrant and the denial rate for asylum is 98% – the highest in the country.

Tahirih congressional briefing draws attention to threats to gender-based asylum law.

Tahirih briefs the Obama transition team on gender-based asylum concerns.

Tahirih works closely with congressional representatives to introduce Restoring Protection for Victims of Persecution Act, a law that would eliminate the one-year filing deadline for asylum that prevents many survivors […]

Tahirih Justice Center is founded by Layli Miller-Muro, following the highly-publicized asylum case Matter of Kasinga. The non-profit is her response to an outpouring of pleas for help from women […]