by Rachel Geissler | Feb 4, 2020 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: RACHEL GEISSLER In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed the Louisiana coast with Category 3 winds and a record-breaking storm surge.1 Images of the breached levees of New Orleans and the catastrophic flooding of its low-lying wards are now etched into the...
by Lillian Agbeyegbe | Sep 18, 2019 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: LILLIAN AGBEYEGBE More than two million people go to work each day to make sure the homes of others function across the United States.1 They work as nannies, cleaners, and caregivers for loved ones.2 Their services are not luxuries; rather, they are vital...
by Alyssa Currier Wheeler | Jun 20, 2019 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: ALYSSA CURRIER In the United States, there is a growing, bipartisan movement to combat human trafficking. As advocates work together to address trafficking, it is important to recognize all people groups the crime frequently affects. This World Refugee Day – June...
by Sarah Hamill | Jan 15, 2019 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
“We have worked hard and just want what is due to us and to go home. We are stuck now in cramped accommodation, with poor food and no clean drinking water. We are treated like animals.”1 By: SARAH HAMILL This Nepalese construction worker in Qatar is not alone in his...
by Jessica Skocik | Dec 4, 2018 | Articles, Case Law, Legal Blog
By: JESSICA SKOCIK Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson knew something was not right about GEO Group’s immigration detention facilities when he stated, “Let’s be honest about what’s going on: GEO has a captive population of vulnerable individuals who cannot...