Posted: 5/03/2007
In our December 2006 Newsletter, we anticipated that a rising anti-immigrant backlash, fueled by widespread frustration with Congressional inaction on comprehensive immigration reform, could lead to increased efforts to promote local enforcement of immigration laws in the 2007 Virginia General Assembly session. But we could hardly have braced ourselves enough for the onslaught that came [...]
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Posted: 5/03/2007
Ivana* was exhausted by reliving the abuse each time she had to testify.
Her husband, Jack,* drank heavily three or four times a week. He regularly raped, slapped, pushed, and yelled at Ivana. He left her waiting for hours in the cold to get her to and from work. Once, he kicked her out of the [...]
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Posted: 3/03/2007
Tahirih is honored to have been awarded a two-year Equal Justice Works Fellowship. The Fellowship, which will begin in Fall 2007, will allow an attorney to work full-time on the representation of immigrant women seeking U visa relief, which is a visa available to certain victims of crime. In addition to direct legal representation, the [...]
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Posted: 12/12/2006
Layli was one of few leaders selected to participate in the 2006-07 class of the Leadership Greater Washington (LGW), a membership organization that connects and challenges regional leaders for the purpose of improving the quality of life in the Greater Washington area. LGW provides a platform for members to identify challenges in the region, drive [...]
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Posted: 12/12/2006
On September 26, 2006, the entry on the Tahirih Justice Center was the featured article of the day on the English wikipedia.org. Wikipidia.org is a widely consulted, online encyclopedia and a leading source of information on over a million subjects. This spotlight has vastly increased our visibility and informed many readers of our work. In [...]
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Posted: 12/12/2006
Tahirih recently received the highly competitive New Voices Fellowship, which is funded by the Ford Foundation and administered by the Academy for Educational Development. With only 12 fellowships awarded from 358 applications, Tahirih is extremely honored. Mazna Hussein, our New Voices Fellow, is an attorney who will work specifically to serve the needs of Muslim [...]
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Posted: 12/12/2006
In October 2006, the Tahirih Justice Center and the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP launched a pilot project to support the efforts of Tahirih attorneys. The two-month project, with the possibility of continuation in the future, brings consecutive Covington staff attorneys to work at Tahirih’s offices full-time for eight business days, helping to [...]
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Posted: 12/12/2006
Imagine you fled the country you were born and raised in. Imagine you sold all your possessions so that your children could escape persecution. You just arrived in a new country to seek protection. It is winter. You have three young children. You barely speak the language. You know no one. You find shelter in [...]
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