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Federal Court Blocks Trump Asylum Ban from Being Applied to Thousands of Asylum Seekers

November 19, 2019

SAN DIEGO – A federal judge today blocked the Trump administration’s asylum ban from being applied to thousands of asylum seekers who were unlawfully prevented from accessing the U.S. asylum process before the ban was implemented...

PFPS Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Affirm Montana Ruling Invalidating Private School Vouchers

November 19, 2019

Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS) has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm the decision of Montana’s highest court striking down...

SPLC: Congressional Report Proves The Right To Vote Is Under Attack in the United States

November 14, 2019

Yesterday, November 13th, the Committee on House Administration’s Election Subcommittee released a scathing, 144-page report entitled, “Voting Rights and Election Administration in the United States of America." The following...

SPLC Urges Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Safety Commission to Allow Public Comments at Meetings

November 14, 2019

FLORIDA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is urging the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission to allow students to make comments at its public meetings. The commission’s refusal to honor its...

PFPS Urges Appellate Court to Uphold Maine's Decision Not to Send Public Funds to Religious Schools

November 14, 2019

Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS) has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in federal appellate court in Carson v. Makin, a case challenging the State of Maine’s decision not to use public education funding to pay...

SPLC: Leaked Emails Expose Key White House Aide Stephen Miller’s Affinity for White Nationalism

November 12, 2019

ATLANTA – A series of previously unreleased emails obtained by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) reveal that in the runup to the 2016 election, current White House Senior Adviser Stephen Miller regularly promoted white...

Groups Sue Louisiana over Poor Mental Health Services for Children

November 08, 2019

LOUISIANA – Louisiana is failing to meet its obligation to provide mental health services to Medicaid-eligible children and families in the state, forcing thousands to unnecessarily cycle in and out of hospitals and psychiatric...

Civil Rights, Homeless Advocates, Faith Community Oppose Montgomery’s Panhandling Law

November 05, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala —Today civil rights and homelessness advocacy organizations sent a letter to Mayor Strange and Montgomery’s City Council opposing the City’s panhandling law and an amendment that would criminalize poverty being...

Lawsuit Challenges South Carolina’s Wealth-Based Driver’s License Suspensions

October 31, 2019

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of South Carolina, Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center filed a federal lawsuit today...

Judge rules lawsuit challenging statewide policy of solitary in Florida prisons may proceed

October 28, 2019

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In a ruling last week, the case Harvard v. Inch , challenging Florida’s use of solitary confinement will continue to proceed toward trial. The state of Florida asked the Northern District of Florida to dismiss...

Civil Rights Memorial Commemorates 30th Anniversary with Special Events

October 25, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Civil Rights Memorial with a special two-day event in November. The Civil Rights Memorial , dedicated by the SPLC on Nov. 5,...

Southern Poverty Law Center Interim President Karen Baynes-Dunning issued the following statement about President Trump's tweet this morning comparing the impeachment process to lynching:

October 22, 2019

"For Trump to characterize a legal impeachment inquiry as a lynching shows a complete disrespect for the thousands of Black people lynched — murdered — throughout our nation's history in acts of racism and hatred. Trump needs a...

SPLC Statement on Ruling in Amendment 4 Litigation

October 20, 2019

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Friday, October 18th, the U.S. District Court issued a ruling on a motion for preliminary injunction of Florida Senate Bill 7066 (SB 7066). The following statement is by Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for...

“Disparate Impact” Rule Would Perpetuate Housing Discrimination, Rolls Back Decades-Old Civil Rights Protections in Housing Industry

October 18, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala—A proposed “disparate impact” rule by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would weaken the standard to test if a housing policy unfairly discriminates on the basis of race, color, religion,...

Appeals Court Takes Up the Legality of Medicaid Work Requirements, Other Waiver Projects

October 11, 2019

Washington, D.C. - Today a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia heard oral arguments in two cases concerning the Trump administration’s approval of Medicaid waiver projects, which among...

SPLC Action Fund joins fight for $15 minimum wage

October 10, 2019

Tallahassee, FL. - Florida For A Fair Wage announced today that the SPLC Action Fund is joining the campaign to raise Florida’s minimum wage. The non-profit has donated $250,000 to support the constitutional amendment and will...

SPLC Report: MSD Commission Approach to School Safety Puts Florida Schoolchildren at Risk

October 10, 2019

FLORIDA – The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission (MSD Commission) is made up of a group of political appointees who lack the expertise and diversity to competently fulfill its mission, and as a result...

Civil Rights Memorial Center to Gather Comments Against Trump Administration Rule Change That Would Allow Housing Discrimination

October 10, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – For decades, the disparate impact provision of the Fair Housing Act has helped protect victims of domestic violence, immigrants, families with children, individuals with disabilities, communities of color and...

Right to a Unanimous Jury Verdict Must Apply in State Criminal Court Cases

October 07, 2019

NEW ORLEANS --The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in Ramos v. Louisiana, asking the court if the federal right to a unanimous jury verdict guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution applies to...

Statement on Trump’s order targeting immigrants who lack healthcare coverage

October 05, 2019

Southern Poverty Law Center Interim President and CEO Karen Baynes-Dunning issued the follow the statement: “The Trump administration is continuing its racist agenda by targeting immigrants through a cruel policy primarily aimed...

SPLC Releases Video Showcasing Impact of SB 7066 on Rosemary McCoy and the State of Florida

October 02, 2019

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – In advance of a Monday hearing before a federal judge on a motion to halt implementation of SB 7066, the Southern Poverty Law Center released a video today explaining the ongoing impact of the law on the...

SPLC Project 'We Vote! Mississippi' Reviews September Successes, Focuses on Work Ahead

October 01, 2019

JACKSON, Miss. - Today, We Vote! Mississippi, a voter engagement project led by the Southern Poverty Law Center, is announcing 785 completed voter registration forms collected to date in Hinds County and historically black...

Immigrant Advocates Request Congressional Investigation into ICE’s Abuses in Response to Peaceful Protests

September 26, 2019

ALEXANDRIA, La. –– The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today sent a letter to members of Congress requesting an investigation into disturbing instances of violence and retaliation deployed by Immigration and Customs...

After SCOTUS Ruling, Asylum Seekers Ask Court for Protection

September 26, 2019

September 26, 2019, San Diego –Today, immigrant rights attorneys moved to block the Trump administration’s Asylum Ban from affecting tens of thousands of migrants who have already attempted to access the U.S. asylum process...

SPLC: National Voter Registration Day is about building 'a more inclusive and equitable future'

September 24, 2019

The following statement is from Nancy Abudu, Deputy Legal Director for the Southern Poverty Law Center. We Vote! Mississippi is a $450,000 voter registration and mobilization project that began last week and will continue until...

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