Ariel Nelson, Staff Attorney
Ariel Nelson is a staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center focusing on credit and background reporting and criminal justice debt issues. She is a contributing author to NCLC’s Fair Credit Reporting and Collection Actions. Previously, Ariel litigated administrative and environmental law cases as a staff attorney/clinical teaching fellow at Georgetown University Law Center. She also served as [...]
Karen Lusson, Staff Attorney
Karen Lusson is a staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center, who focuses on energy and utility issues that affect low-income customers. Previously she was the assistant bureau chief in the Public Utilities Bureau of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office. Her duties included representing Illinois residential ratepayers in litigation involving utility rate increase requests, [...]
Statement Regarding Credit Report/Score Requirement in DHS Public Charge Regulation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 12. 2019 National Consumer Law Center contact: Chi Chi Wu (cwu@nclc.org) or (617) 542-8010 Statement Regarding Credit Report/Score Requirement in DHS Public Charge Regulation Boston - Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a regulation that greatly expands what will be considered in determining whether an immigrant is considered a [...]