In response to executive orders issued on April 28, 2025, Tahirih’s Director of Public Policy Casey Carter Swegman issued the following statement: “Everyone in the United States deserves to live […]

Jayapal legislation would “ensure that every survivor of domestic and sexual violence knows that reaching out for help will be safer than staying silent.” FALLS CHURCH – Everyone deserves to […]

  New Policy Changes and Its Impact on Survivors Since January 20, 2025, numerous executive orders and policy changes have gone into effect that might have an impact on immigrants […]

Shuttering of the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman, and the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman. On Friday, […]

On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, the administration posted an interim final rule (a regulation that allows for public comment but goes into effect as written while comments are being reviewed) […]

Senior Managing Attorney at Tahirih Justice Center (TJC), Daniella Prieshoff, said that new federal policies are creating a culture of fear. “They tend to create a chilling effect on survivors […]

​The Tahirih Justice Center has released its 2024 Impact Report, highlighting significant achievements in supporting immigrant survivors of gender-based violence. Throughout 2024, Tahirih provided free legal services to 1,883 immigrant […]