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Tahirih and partner organizations filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Negusie v. Garland, No. 21-60314. The brief notes the need for a duress exception to the persecutor bar, especially in the cases of children, people with intellectual disabilities, and survivors of gender-based violence and other serious trauma.
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