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Fear and Silence: New Insights from Survey of 170+ Advocates for Immigrant Survivors of Violence
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June 24th, 2025Attorneys and advocates for survivors of violence have noted a troubling trend in the first months of 2025: immigrant crime victims are even more afraid to seek help from the […]
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The Alliance for Immigrant Survivors urges members of Congress to VOTE NO on H.R. 30 (“Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act”) to protect survivors
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January 13th, 2025The Alliance for Immigrant Survivors urges members of Congress to vote no on H.R. 30 (“Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act”) to protect survivors. H.R. 30 unnecessarily and imprudently […]
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DC City Council Unanimously Passes Ban on Child Marriage in the District of Columbia
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December 19th, 2024WASHINGTON – The Washington, DC City Council unanimously approved the Child Marriage Prohibition Amendment Act on December 17, setting the minimum age of consent for marriage at 18. This is […]
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New Bars to Asylum will Turn Women, Girls, and Other Survivors of Abuse “Back to Potentially Lethal Violence”
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December 18th, 2024Casey Carter Swegman: “That’s not an exaggeration; it’s simply the truth.” FALLS CHURCH – “They’re throwing women, girls, and other persecuted people back to the violence they are desperately trying […]
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People Seeking Asylum Are “Heroes, Fighting to Save Their Own Lives”
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October 23rd, 2024Tahirih Justice Center reacts to U.S. government’s latest attack on asylum Falls Church, VA – Reacting to additional asylum restrictions from DHS and DOJ, Casey Carter Swegman, Director of Policy […]
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DC City Council Takes Next Step to End Child Marriage in the District of Columbia
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October 23rd, 2024Aliya Abbas, Survivor and Activist: “I hope to see a day when survivors no longer have to relive their traumas to advocate an end to child marriage, because good people […]
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The Tahirih Justice Center Condemns Dehumanizing Attacks Against Haitian and Other Immigrants
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October 23rd, 2024Falls Church, VA – Following is a statement from Archi Pyati, Chief Executive Officer of the Tahirih Justice Center. As a leading advocate for immigrant survivors of violence, and an […]