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Fear of ICE Arrests Prevents Undocumented Mothers from Accessing Vital Care
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 […]
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Tahirih Releases Its 2024 Impact Report
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 […]
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Tahirih Justice Center to Governor Youngkin: Rescind Executive Order 47 to Protect Virginians
While it’s true that immigrants commit fewer crimes than people born in the United States, it’s also true that there is no “safe space” for people who commit crimes in […]
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Washington, D.C. Joined 13 States to Ban Child Marriage
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2025 CONTACT: Lynn Tramonte ([email protected] / 202-255-0551) Washington, DC Joined 13 States to Ban Child Marriage WASHINGTON – Child marriage is child abuse. And it […]
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Statement by Casey Carter Swegman: ICE is brazenly violating the law
In response to ICE unlawfully arresting and detaining Jeanette Vizguerra, a well-known immigration activist and long-time resident of Colorado with three U.S. citizen children, Tahirih Director of Public Policy Casey […]
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Breaking Down the News: FY2025 Continuing Resolution
On March 14, 2025, the Senate approved a short-term funding bill known as a “Continuing Resolution” or “CR” which funds the federal government through the rest of the fiscal year […]
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Statement from Tahirih CEO on the Return of Family Detention: “It is a shameful practice.”
In response to recent media reports about the return of family detention, Tahirih Justice Center’s CEO Archi Pyati states, “Family detention is a cruel and inhumane policy that inflicts irreparable […]
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Trump’s policies on gender identity and immigration have trans immigrants worried about their future
Casey Carter Swegman, director of public policy at Tahirih Justice Center, a nonprofit serving immigrants fleeing gender-based violence, said immigrants and transgender people are “highly targeted and vulnerable” individually, which […]
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Federal Appellate Court Blocks Harmful Iowa State Law, SF 2340
Recently the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a district court’s decision to block an Iowa state law (SF 2340), ruling that it conflicts with federal […]
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Breaking Down the News: ICE Guidance on Immigration Enforcement Involving Survivors Will Increase the Climate of Fear
Interim Guidance on Civil Immigration Enforcement Actions Involving Current or Potential Beneficiaries of Victim-Based Immigration Benefits and Recission of ICE Directive 11005.3: Using a Victim-Centered Approach with Noncitizen Crime Victims […]
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