This article highlights the victory in Tahirih’s lawsuit challenging the transit asylum ban, which barred anyone approaching the U.S. southern border from applying for asylum, with limited exceptions. The lawsuit was filed on August 21, 2019, and Tahirih was represented in the action by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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