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The Administration Must Welcome Asylum Seekers with Dignity
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July 26th, 2021Last week during a CNN town hall, the president advised that asylum seekers, specifically from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador (collectively known as the Northern Triangle) should “not come” to the United States to seek asylum. He told these individuals to instead seek […]
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FAQs: Adding “Gender” as a Sixth Ground of Asylum
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April 14th, 2021Learn more about adding “gender” as a sixth ground of asylum.
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Gender-related violence should be grounds for asylum. Congress must fix this for women.
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April 8th, 2021In this opinion piece, Stephen Legomsky, professor emeritus at the Washington University School of Law, writes about the pressing need to include “gender” as a ground for asylum protections. Read […]
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U.S. asylum law must protect women
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April 7th, 2021Our country’s asylum law urgently needs to be changed to clearly protect women who would otherwise meet the stringent requirements for asylum.
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Tahirih Statement on the Administration’s Asylum Overhaul
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April 1st, 2021The administration is considering an overhaul of the asylum system at the U.S. southern border, which includes moving some asylum cases from the purview of the immigration courts within the […]
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Tahirih Statement on the Administration’s Asylum Overhaul
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April 1st, 2021The administration is considering an overhaul of the asylum system at the U.S. southern border, which includes moving some asylum cases from the purview of the immigration courts within the […]
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Countries with Asylum/Refugee Laws That Explicitly Protect those Fleeing Gender-Based Persecution
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March 14th, 2021More and more countries have enacted legislation explicitly strengthening protections for survivors, including adding a sixth ground of asylum for “sex” or “gender” as we propose now.