The Tahirih Justice Center and national organizations dedicated to supporting immigrant survivors of domestic violence join in condemning the arrest and detention of a survivor of violence in El Paso, Texas, by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) while she was attending a court hearing in connection with her abuse.

H.R. 391, introduced on January 10, 2017, would further restrict access to critical, life-saving legal remedies for immigrant women and girl survivors of violence such as sexual assault, human trafficking, and domestic violence. This paper analyzes the bill’s provisions and outlines Tahirih’s opposition to the bill.

Forced and child marriage in Texas is a serious problem with a simple, first-step solution — ensuring that only legal adults empowered to advocate for themselves can enter the legal contract and potentially lifelong commitment that marriage entails. Read our backgrounder to learn more about the child marriage problem in Texas, how the current laws fail to prioritize child protection, and Tahirih’s recommendations to address the problem.

This is the Spanish translation of Tahirih’s memo on the provisions of the three executive orders on immigration that are anticipated to have the most significant impact on survivors of gender-based violence.

Tahirih has translated into Spanish the three recent executive orders on immigration signed by President Trump.

This memo explains the provisions of the three recent immigration executive orders that are anticipated to have the most significant, negative impact on the ability of survivors of gender-based violence to access justice.

This chart, which was developed by the Tahirih Justice Center with pro bono assistance from Hogan Lovells US LLP, serves as a resource for understanding the state legal regimes that permit child marriages to happen in the United States.