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  • Our Army of Light

    October 9th, 2019

    At Tahirih’s 2nd Annual Orange County Gala, Tahirih CEO and Founder, Layli Miller-Muro, celebrated the incredible supporters in the room.

  • The Excruciating Heartbreak of Family Separation

    September 27th, 2019

    Tahirih Houston Immigration Staff Attorney, Lauren Fisher Flores, wrote this firsthand account after visiting the U.S. – Mexico border in December 2018. I have a two-year-old smiley, clever, wiggly daughter. […]

  • Firsthand Response to Migrant Caravan

    September 27th, 2019

    In 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 […]

  • Trump’s Asylum Crackdown Intensifies the Fight for Refugee Rights

    September 27th, 2019

    The Nation featured Aicha Abdoulaye Mahamane, Tahirih Client Ambassador, in an article on how new policy changes have significantly impacted survivors of gender-based violence. Aicha and Tahirih SF Bay Area Executive Director, Morgan Weibel, discuss how survivors and their attorneys are navigating rapid shifts in asylum law and the immigration system.

  • At the Border and Beyond: Women Lawyers Defend Unprecedented Attacks on Asylum Law

    September 19th, 2019

    The American Bar Association reported on the impact of administration’s evolving policies at the southern border, as well as the impact on immigration attorneys working with asylum seekers.

  • Appeals court puts limit on order blocking asylum ban

    September 11th, 2019

    In a series of rulings on the third country asylum ban, The Hill reported on the Ninth Circuit’s decision to lift a preliminary injunction on the ban, just two days after that ruling was made. This decision allows the administration’s asylum ban to continue along the border in New Mexico and Texas. Julie Carpenter, Tahirih Senior Litigation Counsel, commented.

  • Beyond the Breakthrough: Fighting Forced Marriage In the Struggle to End Violence

    September 10th, 2019

    Ahead of the 2019 National Sexual Assault Conference, Ms. Magazine published a series of blogs from conference presenters on the collective movement to end sexual violence. Tahirih Forced Marriage Initiative Project Manager, Casey Swegman, and Tahirih Policy Communications Associate, Rachel Pak, authored a piece on the intersections of forced marriage and sexual assault.