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Trump’s New Asylum Policy Doesn’t Help Our System
June 19th, 2020Archi Pyati, Tahirih Chief of Policy and Communications, writes a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal on the new asylum regulations proposed by the administration.
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Celebrate Juneteenth
June 18th, 2020June 19, or Juneteenth, is the oldest known celebration of Black freedom from slavery. On this day we celebrate the realities and aspirations of liberty and justice for all. Tahirih […]
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‘Racism is a public health crisis’: COVID-19 and racial disparity
June 17th, 2020WFAA, Dallas’s leading local news outlet, quotes Tahirih Houston Policy & Advocacy Manager, Guadalupe Fernandez, on racism and how the COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately harming communities of color. Racial injustice […]
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If Americans believe in freedom from lockdown, they should start here
June 17th, 2020This opinion piece from CNN covers the story of Tahirih Atlanta client Danilo, an asylum seeker who was detained by ICE for over a year and separated from his husband […]
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La nueva regla de asilo propuesta por el gobierno acelerará juicios y reducirá el poder de los jueces
June 11th, 2020Univision cita a Archi Pyati (Jefe de Política y Comunicaciones) y a Richard Caldarone (Abogado), ambxs de Tahirih, sobre las regulaciones propuestas que dejarían de funcionar en el sistema de asilo de EE. UU. si se implementaran.
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Trump Administration Proposes Rules To Sharply Restrict Asylum Claims
June 11th, 2020In this article, NPR quotes the Tahirih Justice Center on the newest asylum regulations proposed by the administration. If implemented, the regulations would effectively shut down the asylum system.
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Tahirih Condemns New Proposed Regulations That Aim to End Asylum
June 10th, 2020Today, the administration proposed regulations that aim to overturn U.S. asylum law, making it effectively impossible for people fleeing persecution to obtain protection in the United States. Read Tahirih’s full statement here.