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Survivors Deserve Better: Proposed Rule, Application of Certain Mandatory Bars in Fear Screenings, Threatens Asylum System
It is abundantly clear that authorizing asylum officers to consider certain mandatory bars during the CF/RF stage will have a significant impact on the ability of survivors fleeing gender-based persecution to obtain asylum. To propose this change under the guise of purported “operational flexibility” so that the government can remove asylum seekers swiftly without regard to the meritoriousness of their claims for asylum is unconscionable.
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2024 Policy Platform
Tahirih’s policy work is rooted in our core values and in our specific theory of change. We work to advance policies and laws that enable immigrant survivors of gender-based violence to pursue […]
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New Executive Order Provides Relief to Undocumented Spouses and Their Families
On June 18, 2024, the Administration announced new policies that will shield certain undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens and their children from deportation and provide them with the ability to work legally in the United States as they pursue citizenship.
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New Hampshire Raises Legal Marriage Age to 18 Without Exceptions
Governor Chris Sununu has signed SB 359 into law raising the legal age of marriage to 18 without exceptions in New Hampshire, making it the 13th state to end child marriage.
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Tahirih and 46 Organizations Submit Comment in Response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Application of Certain Mandatory Bars in Fear Screenings
On June 12, 2024, the Tahirih Justice Center and 46 national, statewide, and local organizations dedicated to supporting survivors of gender-based violence submitted a formal comment in response to the proposed rule by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
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Dismantling the Asylum System One Policy at a Time – Tahirih Condemns Administration’s Border Shut Down
Today, the President announced he will issue an Executive Order and interim regulation creating yet another harmful and unworkable border policy that flies in the face of this administration’s proclaimed […]
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Child Marriage in Washington, D.C.
With 12 states having ended child marriage entirely, and every state from North Carolina to Maine taking action on the issue since 2016, D.C. must take urgent action to end child marriage.
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Tahirih Justice Center Opposes the Passage of Georgia’s HB1105, A Threat to Immigrant Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
HB1105, a threat to immigrant survivors, mandates that local law enforcement in Georgia coordinate with federal immigration officials.
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Virginia Makes History as 12th State and First in the South to End Child Marriage
HB 994 becomes law ending child marriage in Virginia by establishing a minimum marriage age of 18 without exceptions.
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Virginia Could Become a Leader in the Movement to End Child Marriage – Again
Hellitz Villegas, the Forced Marriage Initiative Program Manager at the Tahirih Justice Center, wrote this op-ed in support of Virginia bill HB 994 ending child marriage in Virginia by setting […]