Last year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) was accused of forcibly sterilizing detainees under their care.[1] Forced sterilization can occur under many different circumstances, such as when an individual is not aware of the procedure taking place, has been given no opportunity to truly consent to the procedure, or gives […]
Monthly Archives: May 2021
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As discussed in previous blogs within the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (“MMIW”) series, Native women face murder rates at more than ten times the national average, and 96% of these women experienced violence from a non-Native perpetrator.[1] Under current legal precedent, the federal government is responsible for investigating and […]
The United States has long employed tactics of family separation in order to dissuade immigrants from undertaking the treacherous journey across the southern border. Prior to the Trump administration, families were generally paroled into the United States to wait for their immigration cases to be processed or the families were […]
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: Canada and Charges of Genocide For the last 30 years over 4,000 Indigenous women and girls are believed to have been killed or gone missing in Canada.[1] However, the true number of victims is unknown. During his election, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to investigate […]
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: Ashley Loring Heavyrunner and Jurisdictional Inadequacies Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (“MMIW”) is now recognized as a public health and human rights crisis.[1] The case of Ashely Loring Heavyrunner underscores the critical issue contributing to the crisis: jurisdictional barriers. There is no single database that […]