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At the Border and Beyond: Women Lawyers Defend Unprecedented Attacks on Asylum Law
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.
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Appeals court puts limit on order blocking asylum ban
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.
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Beyond the Breakthrough: Fighting Forced Marriage In the Struggle to End Violence
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.
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Watchdog finds HHS shelters unequipped for mental health of migrant children
A 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
USA 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
In 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
Bloomberg 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
Law360 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
Tahirih 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.
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Help a sick child or forgo citizenship? Immigrants anguish over new Trump rule
NBC News reported on immigrants’ reactions to the new rule denying permanent legal residence or citizenship to immigrants who are deemed “public charges,” and quoted Tahirih Senior Immigration Policy Counsel, Irena Sullivan.