| May 3, 2023 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyLast year, my client Susan called me to discuss her immigration case. During our conversation she referenced the news that immigrants were being bused from the southern border to cities in the North, often under false promises, only to be left stranded in an unknown...
| Mar 15, 2023 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, turned 20 this March. It was launched in 2003, right around the time I moved to the United States from the Philippines at age 6. I didn’t yet know the impact this gargantuan department would have on my life. I loved my life...
| Apr 7, 2021 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyOver the last several weeks, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reported a rise in the number of migrant children seeking refuge in the United States. With the increase, the federal government’s capacity to process and shelter migrant children has been stretched,...
| Apr 30, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyPerhaps the most important consequence of Donald Trump’s presidency has been the federal judiciary’s rightward lurch. As of April 1, he’d appointed a record 39 far-right judges to lifetime posts on the Supreme Court and federal circuit courts — more than half the...
| Jul 18, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn the early hours of a winter day in 2017, “Laura” — a Montclair, New Jersey resident and single mother of four — received a visit from the local police, responding to a household dispute that had taken place hours beforehand. The police took Laura to Montclair jail,...