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Court Backlog Has Dire Consequences for Asylum-Seekers
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August 26th, 2015Houston has one of the nation’s largest court backlogs, and the absence of just one judge can have a significant impact in the city’s chronically overrun immigration court system, according to an article published on Aug. 26 in the Houston Chronicle.
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Staff Spotlight: Nickole Best, 2015 Bahá’í Service Fellow
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July 10th, 2015Nickole Best tells you what it’s like to be Bahá’í Service Fellow! Now recruiting!
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A Survivor Rebuilds Her Shattered World
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July 9th, 2015“There was nowhere safe in my country for me,” she says. “I fought for 12 years.” Read Camille’s remarkable story of survival.
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Paying the Highest Price: The Children of Our Border Project
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June 7th, 2015Take a moment to learn more about the children of our Border Project on a special day to commemorate child victims around the world.
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Staff Spotlight: Libby Hasse, Equal Justice Works Fellow
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April 29th, 2015The first immigration case that I worked on in law school was a gender-based asylum case. My client was the strongest person that I had ever met.
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Tahirih Client Shares Her Story of Forced Marriage with NPR
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April 16th, 2015The cost of a bullet is less than a dollar. Our client Lina overheard these chilling words spoken about her in the days before she was forced into marriage.
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Lack of Judges Leaves Clients in Limbo
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April 15th, 2015A severe backlog of immigration cases, combined with a shortage of judges, is delaying justice for Tahirih clients.