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Statement by Casey Carter Swegman: ICE is brazenly violating the law
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March 19th, 2025In 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
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March 18th, 2025On 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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Breaking Down the News 2025
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March 17th, 2025New Policy Changes and Its Impact on Survivors Since January 20, 2025, numerous executive orders and policy changes have gone into effect that might have an impact on immigrants […]
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Statement from Tahirih CEO on the Return of Family Detention: “It is a shameful practice.”
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March 7th, 2025In 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
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March 3rd, 2025Casey 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
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February 25th, 2025Recently 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
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February 25th, 2025Interim 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 […]