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Archives: Migrant
  • Victoria Mesa-Estrada and plaintiffs

    Laid off legal aid attorney continued pro bono on case ending with $17.4 million verdict

    Posted by Jessica Brown on October 30, 2015

    Left to right, plaintiffs Ana Francisco and Sandra Lopez, attorney Victoria Mesa-Estrada, plaintiff Maria…


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  • Foundation’s early investments in the fight against human trafficking continue to pay dividends

    Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2014

    When her labor pains started, Jacinta Moreno, 15, pleaded to be taken to…


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  • Foundation grantees stepping up to help children fleeing violence in Central America

    Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2014

      The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees found that about 60 percent of unaccompanied Central American children they…


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  • Protecting the legal rights of Florida’s migrant farmworkers

    Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2013

    Colin Abbott, managing attorney of the Florida Rural Legal Services migrant unit, talks with client Myriam…


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  • One student’s path to Stanford

    Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2011

    Growing up in San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, a city on Mexico’s central plateau,…


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  • Schell defends workers who say pay didn’t add up to beans

    Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2011

    Greg Schell, right, managing attorney for Florida Legal Services’ Migrant Farmworker Justice Project, discusses legal strategy with…


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  • Goldstein Award winners challenge selective code enforcement

    Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2010

    Attorneys Lisa Carmona, left, and Tequisha…


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