Buffett-McCain Institute Grant for Hidalgo County Office of the Criminal District Attorney
Action to enter into an agreement was approved between the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University and Hidalgo County Office of the Criminal District Attorney for Approval of a grant through Commissioners Court.
Hidalgo County Criminal District Attorney Ricardo Rodriguez Jr. is creating a Human Trafficking Unit with an emphasis on forced labor in the agricultural sector. The Unit, which will be the first of its kind in the nation, will be funded through a Buffett-McCain Institute Initiative to Combat Modern Slavery grant of $356,783.
