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Apr 6, 2023 • 10 tweets • 9 min read
Thank you @iamjohnoliver & @LastWeekTonight for reporting abusive solitary confinement in our criminal justice and civil immigration systems.
Our #whistleblower client Ellen Gallagher has tried to stop the use in @ICEgov detention for 9+ years.
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Solitary confinement has been defined as torture by the @UN, and the incredible harm to detained individuals is well documented.
NEW: We’ve filed a third complaint with federal oversight agencies detailing abuses at the Fort Bliss Emergency Intake Site and other sites for undocumented immigrant children.
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1/ The information disclosed in this complaint from an anonymous whistleblower includes daily instances of gross mismanagement endangering public health and safety, much like our previous two disclosures.
Sep 7, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Almost one year after our whistleblower client Dawn Wooten disclosed medical abuse at Irwin County Detention Center, the federal government has finally moved out all detained immigrants. ajc.com/news/all-ice-d…
Last week, we joined #immigration advocates calling for government records on ending ICE operations at Irwin County Detention Center, a facility with a long track record of abuse. whistleblower.org/press-release/…
Jul 7, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
🚨 Today, Government Accountability Project disclosed abuses about the Fort Bliss, Texas Emergency Intake Site for undocumented immigrant children by letter to federal oversight agencies on behalf of our whistleblower clients.
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1/ While at Fort Bliss, our whistleblower clients and current federal civil servants were eyewitnesses to daily instances of gross mismanagement specifically endangering public health and safety.
Problems witnessed included:
Jul 6, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Here are a few of the whistleblower stories we're reading in the latest edition of our newsletter, #TheDisclosure.
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Immigration whistleblowers sent a letter to Congress to urge the Biden administration to immediately develop a comprehensive plan to vaccinate immigrants detained in ICE facilities. whistleblower.org/in-the-news/cn…
Dec 3, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
🚨 The U.S. Office of Special Counsel has found "substantial likelihood" of wrongdoing by Voice of America/U.S. Agency for Global Media political leadership. We’ve filed multiple whistleblower complaints alleging this abuse of power and applaud the OSC decision.
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1/ Our complaints alleged that CEO Michael Pack and other political leadership at USAGM, which oversees VOA, engaged in gross mismanagement; abused their authority; violated laws, rules, or regulations; and created a substantial and specific danger to public health and safety.
Oct 23, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Last week a senior DHS official attempted to chill potential whistleblowers when he warned employees in a directive that unauthorized disclosures could be in violation of agency policy and federal law. Gag orders like this violate whistleblowing and free speech rights. THREAD ⬇️
1/ Why is this illegal? Because the blanket ban on unauthorized disclosures failed to include statutorily mandated language informing employees that their whistleblower rights supersede any non-disclosure restrictions.
Oct 22, 2020 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Yesterday, our motion to file an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in support of E. Jean Carroll in her long-standing defamation suit against President Trump was granted.
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1/ Carroll sued Trump in a New York state court alleging that the president defamed her by accusing her of lying to sell books in the wake of her account that he had raped her. The White House asked AG Barr to have the case “removed” to federal court.
Apr 27, 2020 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
A paper released today captures the results of a modeling project that demonstrates that the rapid spread of #COVID19 in immigrant detention facilities will put pressure on local health care systems if the ICE detention population is not decreased. (1/6) whistleblower.org/wp-content/upl…
The project involved experts from @BrownUniversity, @BrandeisU, @UBC, British Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute, and @GeorgeMasonU. (2/6)
