Tag: crime

Migrants Flown Into Martha’s Vineyard Given Crime Victims Status

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Last month, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar certified a group of migrants as crime victims. Such people can obtain special visas, known as U-visas, that allow them to serve as witnesses to criminal cases. The ACLU of Massachusetts is representing nine of the migrants. The migrants had entered the United States in search of asylum. They were residing in shelters at the Migrant Resource Center in San Antonio when a woman named Perla approached them and falsely promised jobs, housing and education. She also arranged for them to stay in…

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Protecting Rideshare Drivers

Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutes The law firm LegalRideshare LLC is establishing the Driver Safety Fund in an effort to protect rideshare drivers from an increasingly dangerous environment. The mission of the Driver Safety Fund is to provide gig workers with the tools they need to stay safe and to bring alleged perpetrators of violence to justice. LegalRideshare LLC co-founder and attorney Bryant Greening said his firm will donate $10,000 to purchase dash cameras for Chicago-based gig workers. The firm will allocate an additional $40,000 as rewards for the convictions of persons who assault or carjack gig workers. “We refuse to sit by…

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