
Megan Sheffield
Host: Equal Justice Center
Sponsor: Anonymous
Reema built a new model of integrated employment and immigration legal services for vulnerable immigrant workers to holistically combat workplace exploitation and improve immigration protection.
Immigrant workers are often the victims of wage theft, labor trafficking, workplace sexual assault and harassment, and other employment abuse. Their basic employment rights are inextricably bound together with their immigration rights. However, very few employment lawyers or immigration lawyers have the specialized, integrated mastery of both immigration law and employment law necessary to navigate immigrant workers through the employment justice system while avoiding immigration entanglements. Reema’s project aimed to provide a holistic model to enforce the employment rights of immigrant workers while also providing immigration relief.
During the two-year Fellowship period, Reema:
Reema will continue to directly represent clients in need of holistic employment and immigration services as a staff attorney at the Equal Justice Center. She will continue to build relationships and strengthen work with client community groups, local officials, and immigrant rights advocates in Texas to build community understanding of the interplay between immigration and employment rights.
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Sponsor: Anonymous
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