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This sign-on letter, on behalf of 75 national, state, and local organizations, calls for the immediate release of Vilma Viviana Carrillo Carrillo from detention. Vilma is a mother from Guatemala who has been separated from her 11 year old daughter since May, and is currently detained at Irwin Detention Center in Georgia. Read about her story here.
The Tahirih Justice Center submitted comments opposing the proposed revision of Form I-912 Request for Fee Waiver, which will cause survivors to suffer disproportionately from the new evidentiary restriction proposed.
The Tahirih Justice Center filed this Civil Rights and Civil Liberties complaint on behalf of our client, Vilma Viviana Carrillo Carrillo, asking for an investigation into ICE’s arbitrary refusal to release Ms. Carrillo Carrillo despite the highly compelling humanitarian issues at hand, and to investigate ICE’s obstruction of Ms. Carrillo Carrillo’s court case.
The Tahirih Justice Center strongly condemns the President’s decision to restrict asylum protections to those seeking asylum between ports of entry, and is deeply disturbed by the implications of the rule, which will particularly endanger survivors of gender-based violence.
The Tahirih Justice Center provides this brief analysis of the the November 8, 2018 Rule: Aliens Subject to a Bar on Entry under Certain Presidential Proclamations; Procedures for Protection Claims and the November 9, 2018 Presidential Proclamation Addressing Mass Migration Through the Southern Border of the United States.
The Tahirih Justice Center submitted these comments to the Department of Homeland Security in response to the proposed rule relating to the apprehension, processing, care and custody of alien minors and unaccompanied alien children, which will allow the indefinite detention of immigration children. We advocate instead for policies and practices consistent with the Flores Settlement Agreement’s mandate to minimize detention for children, and maximize their health and safety when detention is deemed necessary.
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