| 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...
| Jan 18, 2023 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyMost of us agree that the U.S. immigration system is in dire need of reform. But inflammatory rhetoric and policies designed to keep immigrants away won’t get us there. When I was in law school, I witnessed firsthand the difficulties faced by asylum seekers. These...
| Oct 19, 2022 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn states across the country, cynical politicians are turning a humanitarian crisis into political theater. New Hampshire Governor John Sununu recently announced that he was deploying the state National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border, joining around two-dozen mostly...