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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Tahirih is proud to welcome four new members to its Board of Directors. Isaac Marshall, an Investment Professional at TLG Capital, Heidi Koester Oliveira, Senior Director of Global Sustainability at […]

WASHINGTON – With Mayor Bowser’s signature, the Child Marriage Prohibition Amendment Act is on it’s way to Congress for final consideration after having passed City Council unanimously on December 17. […]

“We need to stop enacting laws that strengthen the hand of abusers, and start valuing the lives of women as much as those of men” Following is a statement from […]