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What We’re Doing to Protect Refugee Children at Our Border
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August 27th, 2014Our Executive Director Layli Miller-Muro tells you what we’re doing to protect vulnerable immigrant girls who made the dangerous trip north to escape violence in Central America.
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Tahirih Houston Takes on Key Role in Protection of Refugee Children
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August 5th, 2014Girls now account for almost half of unaccompanied children making the dangerous trip north from Central America. At the epicenter of the border crisis, Tahirih Houston is working to ensure their protection.
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Tahirih Urges Congress to Meet Legal and Moral Obligations to Displaced Children at the Border
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July 15th, 2014The root causes of the flight of refugee children from their homes may be complex, but our obligation to protect them is not.
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Shutting the door on asylum seekers
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July 17th, 2019In a letter to the editor, Tahirih Chief of Policy Archi Pyati criticized new policies that effectively shut the door on immigrant families and unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the United States.
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Tahirih Statement on New Rule Barring Immigrants from Applying for Asylum at the Southern U.S. Border
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July 15th, 2019The Tahirih Justice Center strongly opposes an interim final rule being issued by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, which will bar asylum for everyone approaching the southern border, with few exceptions. The rule will be applied at the screening stage at the border as well as in immigration courts. Families, unaccompanied children, survivors of violence – all will be prohibited from obtaining asylum.
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2014 Impact Report
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July 2nd, 2015In 2014, we launched the Children’s Border Project to respond to the acute needs of unaccompanied children at the U.S.-Mexico border, and our groundbreaking Forced Marriage Initiative reached new heights of success.
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Tahirih Explains: “Asylum Ban” Rule – It is Both a Transit Ban and an Entry Ban
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February 24th, 2023BACKGROUND On February 23, the Department of Homeland Security formally issued a proposed rule that would make most people seeking safety at the southern U.S. land border ineligible for asylum. […]