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Tahirih Houston Takes on Key Role in Protection of Refugee Children
News
August 5th, 2014Girls now account for almost half of unaccompanied children making the dangerous trip north from Central America. At the epicenter of the border crisis, Tahirih Houston is working to ensure their protection.
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Meena
Success Stories
December 18th, 2013“Getting connected to Tahirih’s resources changed everything. Their unwavering support gave me the courage to move forward and share my story with an asylum officer. After several difficult months, I was granted asylum. I felt like I had a second chance at life.”
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Fighting Violence Against Immigrant Women
News
September 5th, 2013When Anne Chandler travels around Houston, she doesn’t see the same city you and I see.
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Urge Congress to Fully Fund Programs for Refugees
Action Alerts
January 13th, 2013The Office of Refugee Resettlement in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has an urgent humanitarian mandate to protect refugees, including vulnerable survivors of trafficking, torture, persecution, and violence. But the very funds ORR needs to meet its promise to survivors are now in jeopardy.
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A Harrowing Story of Female Genital Mutilation, and the Houston Group Fighting for Women Refugees
News
September 26th, 2012When Kadi entered the United States for the second time, she knew there would be no returning to her home country of Mali. An activist who fought for women’s rights and who defied her husband and community to protect her daughter from female genital mutilation, she knew that returning would cost her her life and leave her daughter without a protector.
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Representation Essential to the Success of an Immigrant’s Case
News
September 13th, 2011For women and girls like Tahirih’s clients, it is not enough to have just any attorney. Their unique gender-based violence cases require attorneys who are well-versed in both sensitive cultural issues and the extremely complicated and often unexplored territory of gender-based immigration law.
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Tahirih Wins High-Profile Asylum Case for Young Woman Who Suffered FGM/C
News
April 26th, 2011The court decision reflects a critical course-correction from earlier decisions by both the judge and the nation’s highest immigration court that held asylum claims by women who have suffered FGM to a higher legal standard than claims by other asylum applicants.