Abuse of migrant children didn't start with Trump. It didn't end with him, either. This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. A 2011 investigation by the Applied Research Center exposed how the federal government’s mistreatment of migrant children included separating them from their families, concluding that more than 5,000 children living in [...]
Migrant Kids Face Danger, Trauma, and Separation at ‘Hellhole’ Border Tent Camp This article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower client, Kaitlin Hess, and was originally published here. Last spring, Kaitlin Hess paused her day job as a scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency to answer the Biden administration’s call for volunteers at the border, [...]
Whistleblower alleges bullying, ethical lapses at White House science office This article excerpt features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower client, Rachel Wallace, and was originally published here. "The former director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy violated ethics rules, created a toxic workplace and retaliated against staff who raised concerns about [...]
Covid infections surge in immigration detention facilities This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower clients Drs. Scott Allen and Josiah “Jody” Rich, and was originally published here. Coronavirus infections in federal immigration detention centers have surged to record highs, with at least one detainee taken to the hospital in recent days, increasing pressure on [...]
Whistleblower complaint urges expanding COVID-19 vaccinations in ICE facilities This video features information from Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower clients, Drs. Scott Allen and Josiah “Jody” Rich, and was originally published here. Two medical advisers for the Department of Homeland Security are urging the U.S. government to expand its COVID-19 vaccination and mitigation efforts in [...]
Fresh Take: A Call To Halt Agribusiness Mergers, Why Food Insecurity Is So Widespread Among Grocery Workers, And Jollibee Preps For IPO This article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower client, Trina McClendon, and was originally published here. Poultry grower Trina McClendon was three years into her 15-year contract with Sanderson Farms, America’s third-largest poultry [...]
Haiti’s Leader Kept a List of Drug Traffickers. His Assasins Came for It. This article excerpt features Government Accountability Project’s client, Keith McNichols, and was originally published here. Mr. Hérard was also a drug-trafficking suspect. In 2015, when a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship docked in Port-au-Prince with 1,100 kilograms of cocaine and heroin aboard, Mr. [...]
Watch: This Short Documentary Offers a Rare, Powerful Glimpse Into Immigration Detention This article excerpt features information from Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower client, Dawn Wooten, and was originally published here. The film was shot in part inside Irwin County Detention Center, an ICE facility in Ocilla, Georgia that made headlines in 2020 after a [...]
ICE doesn't adequately track solitary confinement in detention facilities, watchdog finds This article features information from Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower client, Ellen Gallagher, and was originally published here. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement does not adequately monitor and track its use of solitary confinement inside immigration detention facilities across the country, according to a watchdog review of the [...]
He’s the Whistleblower Who Brought Down Trump’s EPA Chief. Now He’s Driving an Uber This article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower client, Kevin Chmielewski, and was originally published here. When Kevin Chmielewski emerged from the FBI’s fortress of a headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C., his head was spinning. It was the fall of 2017. [...]