Tahirih and partner organizations submitted an amicus brief to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) on why a Notice to Appear from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which does […]

In 2019, the United States signed “safe third country” agreements with Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The agreements allow the United States to deny protections to asylum seekers, and remove […]

The Supreme Court ruled to allow ‘Remain in Mexico’ to remain in effect along the entire border as legal challenges against the policy continue. This ruling comes after two weeks […]

Last night, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the injunction to block the harmful ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy will take effect on March 12, applying only to the […]

On February 27, 2020, the Tahirih Justice Center celebrated what we thought was an important victory in the fight to stop the harmful ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy, which forces asylum […]

The Tahirih Justice Center, a plaintiff in the lawsuit challenging the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy, applauds the decision in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate an injunction, forcing the […]

The 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.