Bill Frelick, director of Human Rights Watch’s Refugee Rights Program, explains why we must include “gender” as a ground for asylum protections. Read the full opinion piece here on The […]

In this opinion piece, Stephen Legomsky, professor emeritus at the Washington University School of Law, writes about the pressing need to include “gender” as a ground for asylum protections. Read […]

Our country’s asylum law urgently needs to be changed to clearly protect women who would otherwise meet the stringent requirements for asylum.

Archi Pyati, Tahirih Chief of Policy and Communications, writes a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal on the new asylum regulations proposed by the administration.

Univision cita a Archi Pyati (Jefe de Política y Comunicaciones) y a Richard Caldarone (Abogado), ambxs de Tahirih, sobre las regulaciones propuestas que dejarían de funcionar en el sistema de asilo de EE. UU. si se implementaran.

In this article, NPR quotes the Tahirih Justice Center on the newest asylum regulations proposed by the administration. If implemented, the regulations would effectively shut down the asylum system.

Today, the administration proposed regulations that aim to overturn U.S. asylum law, making it effectively impossible for people fleeing persecution to obtain protection in the United States. Read Tahirih’s full statement here.