Publications Archive
Publication Category: Letters-
Letter to ICE on Order of Removal
Tahirih sent a letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement concerning the methods of delivery that should be used for immigration court notices used as the basis for an in absentia order of removal. The letter stresses that ICE must account for the effects of trauma on people seeking asylum and coordinate its address lists with the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
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EOIR Policy Memoranda and Regulatory Review
Tahirih, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, and Innovation Law Lab submitted a letter to the Executive Office for Immigration Review concerning agency policies that create barriers to due process and fair and full representation in the immigration courts.
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Sign-On Letter Requesting to Vacate Matter of A-B-, A-C-A-A-, L-E-A-
President Biden issued an Executive Order on February 2, 2021 requiring the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security to evaluate whether the United States (U.S.) protects survivors of domestic and gang violence in accordance with international law, and to promulgate regulations regarding the “particular social group” (PSG) ground of asylum. Per the Order, and consistent with the April 13 request from respondents’ counsel, the 357 undersigned humanitarian and human rights organizations, law school clinics, professors, law firms, and practitioners respectfully urge you to promptly vacate the decisions in the above-captioned cases while the agencies engage in their longer-term review and rulemaking.
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Sign-On Letter Addressing Particular Social Groups
The undersigned advocacy and direct service organizations, law school clinics, and professors welcome the Administration’s February 2, 2021 Executive Order (the Order) directing the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice (the Departments) to promulgate joint regulations addressing the circumstances in which an asylum applicant should be considered a member of a “particular social group” (PSG, see 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)).
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Request for an Extension on the Asylum Rule Comment Period
Tahirih and more than 500 organizations signed on to a letter to urge the government to extend the comment period for the newest proposed asylum regulations.
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Letter to the Acting Director of Atlanta Field Office
This letter was sent to the Acting Director of Atlanta Field Office, Office of Enforcement & Removal Operations, in support of a Tahirih Atlanta client who is currently detained.
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Letter to DHS and CDC on COVID-19 and the Expulsions of Asylum Seekers
The Tahirih Justice Center signed a letter, joined by over 120 legal, faith-based, humanitarian, human rights and community organizations, to object to the Department of Homeland Security’s closure of the southern border during the COVID-19 pandemic. Closing the border will deny individuals fleeing violence the right to seek life-saving protection in the United States.
