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Tahirih Comments on Asylum Rule
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July 20th, 2020The Tahirih Justice Center submited the following comments to the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security in response to the proposed asylum regulations issued by the Departments on June 15, […]
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Stand with Survivors to Save Asylum
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July 9th, 2020In this op-ed, Morgan Weibel, Executive Director of Tahirih SF Bay Area, writes about the most recent proposed regulations that would decimate the asylum system and eliminate gender-based asylum. Weibel […]
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Tahirih Condemns the Administration’s Latest Proposed Asylum Regulations
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July 8th, 2020Today, the administration proposed new regulations that attempt to use public health as a pretext to deny asylum claims. The rule would give the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice […]
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Federal court strikes down Trump’s ‘third country’ asylum ban at the U.S.-Mexico border
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July 3rd, 2020Judge Kelly overturned the administration’s transit asylum ban, striking yet another legal blow to the administration’s restrictive immigration policies. Tahirih was part of the lawsuit challenging this illegal policy and […]
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Judge deals setback to key Trump policy limiting asylum
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July 1st, 2020This article highlights the victory in Tahirih’s lawsuit challenging the transit asylum ban, which barred anyone approaching the U.S. southern border from applying for asylum, with limited exceptions. The lawsuit […]
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Tahirih Statement on DC Federal Court Ruling on Asylum Ban Lawsuit
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July 1st, 2020The Tahirih Justice Center is relieved at the decision in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on our lawsuit challenging the third country transit asylum ban, forcing the […]
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Request for an Extension on the Asylum Rule Comment Period
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June 22nd, 2020Tahirih 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.