Texas Civil Rights Project

El Paso Woman Files Lawsuit to Recover Wages, Stop Retaliation

Gabriela Barraza (far left) speaks about her case (click here to view press conference video) El Paso, TX -- Gabriela Barraza, a local El Pasoan represented by Paso del Norte Civil Rights Project, filed a complaint in state court to recover unpaid wages and other damages from local couple John and Lupe Garcia. Ms. Barraza worked for the Garcias from September 2008 to February 2009. During this time, she cleaned their house, did their laundry, took care of their children, and cooked dinner for them, among other responsibilities. For over five months, she was at their house Monday through Friday without fail. Despite her ...

Bill of Rights Dinner: Slide Show

THANK YOU! Thank you for joining us on Saturday, November 14, 2009, for The Texas Civil Rights Project 19th Annual Bill of Rights Dinner at the UT Alumni Center in Austin. This year we celebrated Civil Rights and the Media. TCRP is proud to honor award-winning journalist, author and host of NPR’s weekly show Latino USA, Maria Hinojosa with the 2009 Molly Ivins "Give Em' Hell" Award. Maria is best known for her award winning documentary "Child Brides: Stolen Lives" upon which the National Association of Hispanic Journalists gave her their most prestigious distinction, The Leadership Award. ...

TCRP Human Rights Report 2009: Galveston County Fails to Evacuate Jail for Hurricane Ike

Press Release The Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) announces the publication of its 2009 Human Rights Report, “Shelter from the Storm? Galveston County’s Refusal to Evacuate Detainees and Inmates at Its Jail during Hurricane Ike,” on the anniversary of the hurricane. This report is the first to contain the actual accounts from the people who lived through Ike and its aftermath at the jail. Find the complete report here (in pdf format: 703kb). Despite a mandatory evacuation order for Galveston County, and despite the evacuation of all state prison facilities in the path of Ike, now-former Sheriff Gean Leonard ...

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El Paso Bar and Paso del Norte office Join Efforts for Low-Income Legal Service

PDN Staff support El Paso Bar Legal Fair (left to right) Chris Benoit, Virginia Leigh, Shalini Thomas, Aleks Garibay, Briana Stone, Sandra Arzate TCRP Receives Grant from Texas Bar Foundation to Support Services for Victims of...

El Paso Woman Files Lawsuit to Recover Wages, Stop Retaliation

Gabriela Barraza (far left) speaks about her case (click here to view press conference video) El Paso, TX — Gabriela Barraza, a local El Pasoan represented by Paso del Norte Civil Rights Project, filed a complaint in state...

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Inside The Slave Trade

Reported by: Alex Trevino MISSION – One woman was sold on an auction block. Another became an involuntary servant in the land of the free. “Human slavery, we have it. It is in our neighborhood but a lot of people...

Daughter of executed prisoner wants suit against judge re-opened

Keller’s testimony in 2 courts cited in plea for reinstatement. By Chuck Lindell AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Claiming that Judge Sharon Keller made contradictory statements to two separate courts, the daughter of executed...

Publisher Sues Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice for Censoring Books

Corpus Christi, TX — Prison Legal News (PLN), a non-profit monthly publication that reports on criminal justice-related issues, has filed suit in federal district court against Brad Livingston, Executive Director of the...

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