“I wanted to stand up for people who are in a position that makes it difficult to stand up for themselves.” The July 2013 suit, filed against the Fantasy Gentlemen’s Club in Grand Junction for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Colorado Minimum Wage Act, resulted in a settlement award of $500,000 for 12 individuals earlier this year. The case is one of four nominated for the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association’s “Case of the Year.
El Salvador’s perpetual and ongoing violence has troubling roots of U.S. involvement, stretching back to the Reagan administration. The implementation of protected status followed El Salvador’s brutal civil war in the 1980s — a war largely funded by American dollars. Behind Egypt and Israel, El Salvador received more aid from the U.S. in the 1980s than any other country.
The Department of Justice announced to the Vera Institute of Justice it will halt funding to the Legal Orientation Program at the end of the month. The program funds legal orientations for individuals in detention centers facing deportation or removal proceedings. It serves more than 50,000 individuals in 38 detention centers annually, including the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Aurora.
