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Firsthand Response to Migrant Caravan
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September 27th, 2019In response to the caravan of migrants traveling from Central America to the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this year, my close Tahirih colleague, Guadalupe, and I visited a migrant camp. The […]
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Watchdog finds HHS shelters unequipped for mental health of migrant children
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September 4th, 2019A recent report found that shelters run by the Department of Health and Human Services were poorly equipped to care for the mental health of migrant children.
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Trump’s ‘public charge’ policy shows lack of empathy on green card holders
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August 27th, 2019USA Today published a Letter to the Editor from advocate and former Tahirih client Aicha Abdoulaye Mahaman, criticizing the administration’s inhumane “public charge” policy.
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Detaining Migrants Indefinitely
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August 22nd, 2019In a letter to the editor of the New York Times, Tahirih Senior Immigration Policy Counsel, Irena Sullivan, responded to the administration’s move to detain migrant families indefinitely while they wait for their asylum cases to move forward.
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Trump Faces Long-Shot Bid to Jail Migrant Families Indefinitely
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August 22nd, 2019Bloomberg quoted Tahirih Senior Immigration Policy Counsel, Irena Sullivan, in an article about the administration’s plan to change a rule regarding how long migrant families may be detained for.
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Rulings warrant block on Trump asylum policy, groups say
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August 22nd, 2019Law360 reported on several immigrant advocacy groups’ efforts to block the administration’s recent policy that would bar most migrants from applying for asylum at the southern border, with limited exceptions.
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Trump administration moves to extend detention times for immigrant families
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August 21st, 2019Tahirih Bay Area Executive Director Morgan Weibel commented on the administration’s move to extend detention times for immigrant families, as well as its overall policy of deterrence.