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Tahirih Concerned About Possible Sweeping Immigration Changes
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March 14th, 2019Tahirih expresses concern about a new bill introduced in Senate intended to stop child marriages.
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The Tahirih Justice Center Responds to Shocking Data in USCIS Report on Child Marriage
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January 15th, 2019USCIS released a new report on how the U.S. immigration system encourages child marriages. Tahirih is alarmed by the data in the report, and urges USCIS to provide further clarifications for a better understanding of the problem.
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Ohio to Raise Marriage Age after Dayton Daily News Investigation
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January 7th, 2019The governor of Ohio signed a new marriage bill limiting marriage to legal adults.
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Child Brides Call on U.S. States to End ‘Legal Rape’
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October 25th, 2018Tahirih’s Senior Counsel for Policy and Strategy, Jeanne Smoot, was quoted in Reuters about how the publicized data and survivor stories of child marriage are helping the public understand the […]
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Time to End Child Marriage in the United States. No Exceptions.
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October 16th, 2018Jeanne Smoot, Tahirih’s Counsel for Policy and Strategy, wrote a letter to the editor of the Washington Post about the need to change laws that allow underage marriage to happen in the U.S.
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Missouri is Known as a Haven for Child Marriages. A New Law Aims to Change That.
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July 13th, 2018The governor of Missouri signed piece of legislation which bans marriage under the age of 16.
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Utah Lawmaker Wants to Raise Legal Marriage Age to 18
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May 18th, 2018Lawmakers in Utah are pushing to raise the legal marriage age to 18.