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Child Brides Call on U.S. States to End ‘Legal Rape’
Tahirih’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.
Jeanne 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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Turning Her Bahá’í Faith Into Precedent, Lawyer Helps Women Gain Asylum
Tahirih Founder and CEO, Layli Miller-Muro, was interviewed about the work of the Tahirih Justice Center and the Bahá’í inspiration behind it.
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Yet Another Blow to Immigrants
Tahirih’s Senior Immigration Policy Counsel, Irena Sullivan, wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Times about the impact of the proposed changes to the public charge rule.
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Trump’s Immigration Policies Have Especially Affected Women and Domestic Violence Victims
Former Tahirih client, Aracley, and Tahirih Chief of Policy, Archi Pyati, were interviewed by CNN about the cumulative effects of the recent immigration policies on survivors.
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Tahirih Files Amicus Brief Challenging Policies Announced in Matter of A-B-
Tahirih filed an amicus brief with several partner organizations challenging the new policies announced in Matter of A-B-.
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We are All the Women of Hutto
Lynn Pearson, Staff Attorney at Tahirih Atlanta, shares her reflections from her visit to a detention center in Texas.
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Tahirih Statement on The Administration’s New Rule Expanding the Definition of “Public Charge”
The Tahirih Justice Center is deeply concerned about the impact that the new rule expanding the definition of “public charge” will have on survivors of domestic abuse, sexual assault, and related trauma.
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This Group of Women Ended ICE Detention in Atlanta
Tahirih Atlanta Executive Director, Shana Tabak, was on the advisory committee to the mayor of Atlanta in her decision to terminate the relationship between Atlanta and ICE.
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Tahirih Atlanta’s Shana Tabak: Atlanta Will Not Be Complicit in Family Separation
Tahirih Atlanta Executive Director, Shana Tabak, was an adviser in the decision to end the incarceration of ICE detained immigrants at the Atlanta City Detention Center.