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Telemundo: Un alto oficial migratorio denuncia fallos en la atención médica en la frontera y le dice al Congreso que la CBP ignoró sus reportes

Un alto oficial de la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, por su sigla en inglés) ha denunciado ante el Congreso en una carta a la que tuvo acceso el diario The Washington Post que sus supervisores le cambiaron de puesto cuando apuntó presuntas deficiencias del proveedor médico que atiende a migrantes en las instalaciones federales en la frontera, y evitó investigar su denuncia.

Mary Allain2023-12-04T15:20:01-05:00December 1st, 2023|Government Contractors, Immigration, In The News, US Government|

Whistleblower Makes Disclosures to Congress About Substandard Medical Care in CBP Custody and Lack of Contractor Oversight

Today, Government Accountability Project sent a letter to Congress detailing the whistleblower disclosures of our client, Mr. Troy Hendrickson, regarding concerning performance failures by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) medical contractor, Loyal Source Government Services, which were compounded by the unwillingness of the CBP contracting office to hold Loyal Source accountable.

Mary Allain2023-11-30T12:02:52-05:00November 30th, 2023|Family Detention, Government Contractors, ICE Detention, Immigration, Press, Press release, Public Health, US Government|

Washington Post: Whistleblower alleges failures in medical care at U.S. border facilities

Washington Post: Whistleblower alleges failures in medical care at U.S. border facilities This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Troy Hendrickson, and was originally published here. A senior U.S. Customs and Border Protection official Thursday filed a whistleblower complaint with Congress alleging his supervisors failed to adequately monitor the agency’s medical service contractor [...]

Sydney.Johnson2023-11-30T11:03:03-05:00November 30th, 2023|Immigration, In The News, Top Tier Outlet|

World Socialist Website: 24 migrant children illegally working at Ohio chicken slaughter house

24 migrant children illegally working at Ohio chicken slaughter house This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. Twenty-four migrant children were removed from a chicken slaughter house in Kidron, Ohio, southwest of Akron, earlier this month. The children were being illegally employed by Gerber Poultry to work the meat processing [...]

Mary Allain2023-10-31T10:25:44-04:00October 31st, 2023|Children's Rights, Immigration, In The News, Public Health|

Letter from NGOs on Compliance Border Staffing

One or more local CRCL border offices with Compliance staff are necessary to better understand, oversee, and improve DHS’s massive border operations.

Mary Allain2023-10-25T12:02:29-04:00October 25th, 2023|Immigration, Letter|

NBC: Whistleblowers say U.S. government’s poor oversight may have led to migrant kids working unsafe and illegal jobs

A watchdog group representing federal whistleblowers raised new concerns to Congress on Wednesday about the performance of the Health and Human Services Department, the agency tasked with sheltering unaccompanied migrant children after they cross the border, saying poor oversight may have led to children working in unsafe and illegal conditions inside the United States.

Mary Allain2023-09-21T12:24:43-04:00September 21st, 2023|Food Integrity, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, Resources|

Government Accountability Project Releases Issue Brief on Whistleblowers at the Intersection of Oversight Failures in the Immigration & Food Production Systems

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 21, 2023 Government Accountability Project Releases Issue Brief on Whistleblowers at the Intersection of Oversight Failures in the Immigration & Food Production Systems Numerous Reports of Immigrant Minors Working in Dangerous and Illegal Food Production Jobs Spur Need for Stronger Whistleblower Protections WASHINGTON – Today, Government Accountability Project published an [...]

Mary Allain2023-09-21T13:12:15-04:00September 21st, 2023|Children's Rights, Family Detention, Food Integrity, Immigration, Policy Paper, Press release|

Press Release: Heroic ICE Whistleblower Featured in New Podcast, But Her Story Isn’t Over

Today, nurse and whistleblower Dawn Wooten tells her story on the new podcast “The Whistleblowers: Inside the Trump Administration.”

Mary Allain2023-08-10T14:23:46-04:00August 10th, 2023|Coronavirus, Coronavirus Pandemic, Coronavirus Whistleblowers, COVID19, Dawn Wooten, ICE Detention, Immigration, Press, Press release|

Media Advisory: Whistleblower Organizations Host Premiere Screening of iHeart’s The Whistleblowers, Celebrate Publication of Blowback by Miles Taylor

iHeartPodcasts series "The Whistleblowers: Inside the Trump Administration," will be launching alongside Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump, the new book by Miles Taylor, best-selling author and former Trump administration official who authored the anonymous NYT op-ed.

Mary Allain2023-07-17T11:28:00-04:00July 17th, 2023|Corruption, Dawn Wooten, Federal Whistleblowers, ICE Detention, Immigration, Media Advisory, Press, Press release, US Government, VOA Whistleblowers, Whistleblowers|

Inside Radio: Trump Official Turned Critic Launching Podcast About Inner Workings Of Administration.

Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, who gained notoriety in 2019 after he admitted he was behind an anonymous opinion piece in the New York Times about the innerworkings of the Trump administration, is now bringing his story to podcasting.

Mary Allain2023-07-24T12:52:18-04:00July 7th, 2023|Dawn Wooten, Democracy Protection Initiative, Federal Whistleblowers, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, US Government, VOA Whistleblowers, Whistleblower Rights|