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NEW REPORT REVEALS NEED FOR NAMING ‘GENDER’ AS SIXTH GROUND FOR ASYLUM
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September 9th, 2021A new report by the Tahirih Justice Center highlights the urgent need for ‘gender’ to be recognized as the sixth protected ground for asylum. In this report, Tahirih asserts that current U.S. asylum laws, as applied, fail to adequately and consistently protect survivors fleeing gender-based violence, leaving them vulnerable to further abuse and trauma. The inclusion of gender as a sixth ground is one of several critical steps needed to transform our immigration system into one that fully understands and meets the needs of survivors.
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REPORT: “Ensuring Equal and Enduring Access to Asylum”
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September 9th, 2021To ensure equal and enduring access to asylum for survivors of gender-based violence, the U.S. must add gender as a protected ground for asylum.
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Ensuring Equal and Enduring Access to Asylum: Why ‘Gender’ Must be a Protected Ground
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September 9th, 2021To ensure equal and enduring access to asylum for survivors of gender-based violence, the U.S. must join other countries in adding a gender as an independent basis for asylum.
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An analysis of the Biden Administration’s new proposed asylum rules
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August 19th, 2021While the proposal has some positive impacts on immigrant survivors of gender-based violence, some aspects of the proposed rule will also be harmful.
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The Administration Must Welcome Asylum Seekers with Dignity
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July 26th, 2021Last week during a CNN town hall, the president advised that asylum seekers, specifically from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador (collectively known as the Northern Triangle) should “not come” to the United States to seek asylum. He told these individuals to instead seek […]
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FAQs: Adding “Gender” as a Sixth Ground of Asylum
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April 14th, 2021Learn more about adding “gender” as a sixth ground of asylum.
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Gender-related violence should be grounds for asylum. Congress must fix this for women.
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April 8th, 2021In this opinion piece, Stephen Legomsky, professor emeritus at the Washington University School of Law, writes about the pressing need to include “gender” as a ground for asylum protections. Read […]