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Publications

Browse our publications to learn more about how we support immigrant survivors of gender-based violence through service in communities, courts, and Congress.

  • Tahirih Testimony in Support of Delaware Child Marriage Legislation

    • Publication Date: May 02, 2018
    • Publication Categories: Congressional Testimony
    • Publication Tags: Child Marriage, Forced Marriage

    The Tahirih Justice Center submitted this testimony for a hearing in Delaware’s Senate Elections and Government Affairs Committee on HB 337, a bill to end child marriage in the state.

  • Statement on the Prosecution of Parents With Children

    • Publication Date: May 02, 2018
    • Author: National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence
    • Publication Categories: General Resources, Letters
    • Publication Tags: Asylum, Fair Immigration Laws

    As a member of the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence’s Steering Committee, the Tahirih Justice Center joined colleague organizations in issuing this letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen urging the Administration to cease the prosecution of parents seeking safety with their children in the United States.

  • Amicus Brief Filed in Matter of L-A-B-R-

    • Publication Date: May 01, 2018
    • Publication Categories: Amicus Briefs

    The Tahirih Justice Center and partner organizations filed this amicus brief asking that the Attorney General reject the Department of Homeland Security’s request to override long-settled principles on evaluating continuances for pending visas.

  • Amicus Brief Filed in Review of Asylum for Domestic Violence Survivors

    • Publication Date: April 30, 2018
    • Publication Categories: Amicus Briefs
    • Publication Tags: Asylum, Domestic Violence

    The Tahirih Justice Center and partner organizations filed this amicus brief to Attorney General Jeff Sessions ahead of his review of whether domestic violence survivors can continue to receive asylum protection in the United States. What he decides could have a far-reaching impact that could cost the lives of women fleeing abuse.

  • Tahirih Statement to the Senate Appropriations Committee

    • Publication Date: April 25, 2018
    • Publication Categories: Congressional Testimony, Letters
    • Publication Tags: Fair Immigration Laws

    The Tahirih Justice Center submitted this statement for the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing urging Senate to appropriate additional funding for immigration courts per the Department of Justice’s request for the fiscal year of 2019.

  • Tahirih Statement to Senate Judiciary Committee for Hearing on Immigration Courts

    • Publication Date: April 18, 2018
    • Author: Tahirih Justice Center
    • Publication Categories: Congressional Testimony
    • Publication Tags: Asylum, Fair Immigration Laws

    The Tahirih Justice Center submitted this statement to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration, for a hearing on “Strengthening and Reforming America’s Immigration Court System.” In the statement, Tahirih urges members of Congress to carefully evaluate strategies to strengthen and reform our immigration courts that also protect due process.

  • Tahirih Letter to Attorney General Sessions on Asylum for Domestic Violence Survivors

    • Publication Date: April 16, 2018
    • Author: Tahirih Justice Center
    • Publication Categories: Letters
    • Publication Tags: Asylum, Domestic Violence

    The Tahirih Justice Center submitted this letter to the office of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, which delivers the results of our petition showing support for survivors of domestic violence seeking asylum protection in the United States.