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The New York Times: They Were Promised a Taste of America. They Got Abuse and Exploitation.
“'There’s something malicious about calling it a cultural exchange program,' said Amal Bouhabib, a lawyer who has represented J-1 visa workers, 'where people think they’ll be learning and experiencing American…
Law360: Mich. Justices Won’t Delay Arguments Amid Shutdown Worry
“The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center is represented by John Philo of the Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice and David S. Muraskin of FarmSTAND.”
Sentient Media: More Data From Farmers Could Help Scientists Better Track Avian Flu, But Privacy Concerns Stand in the Way
“It is incredibly difficult to get any kind of specific information about industrial farm operations, especially geospatial data because of an overlapping system of exemptions from the public records laws,”…
Colorado Public Radio: Dairy Worker Families Call for Reforms and Recognition After Tragic Accident Kills Six
“These are not ‘Old McDonald’s Farm’ with sort of a small scale and small risks. These are large industrial facilities,” said Kelsey Eberly, an attorney at FarmSTAND, a national organization…
The New York Times: Environmental Groups Face ‘Generational’ Setbacks Under Trump
"It has had some wins. On Thursday, a federal judge in Washington ordered the Agriculture Department to reinstate grants for farmers and nonprofits that had been terminated. The groups were…
Tri-State Livestock News: Court restores grants for Earthjustice clients
“The court’s granting of the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction is the only appropriate response to DOGE and USDA’s illegal and destructive grant cancelation,” said David Muraskin, who is…
POLITICO Pro: Federal judge rules some USDA grant terminations were illegal
“The Court’s granting of the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction is the only appropriate response to DOGE and USDA’s illegal and destructive grant cancellation,” David Muraskin, managing director for…
Law360: DC Judge Halts Some USDA Climate Grant Terminations
"Representing the grant recipients, David Muraskin of legal group FarmSTAND said the USDA, potentially with help from DOGE, had hastily ended thousands of grants with any perceived relationship to diversity,…
Bloomberg News: USDA Ordered to Restore Terminated Grants to Farmers, Nonprofits
"Congress provided 'explicit instruction for funding to be used to support such 'underserved' groups', Howell said. The plaintiffs are represented by Earthjustice, Farmers Justice Center, and FarmSTAND."