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SPLC Report Examines Excessive Use of Florida’s Mental Health Law on Children

March 16, 2021

FLORIDA – The excessive use of Florida’s mental health law, known as the Baker Act, has resulted in the inappropriate and illegal psychiatric hospitalization of thousands of Black and Brown children and children with disabilities...

Advocates Win Federal Court Appointment of Special Master to Oversee ICE Custody Releases

March 12, 2021

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A federal court last night granted civil rights organizations’ motion to appoint a special master, or independent third party, that will ensure the federal government’s compliance with an injunction in the...

Landmark SPLC Voting Rights Report Identifies Structural Weaknesses in Election Systems

March 10, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A landmark report from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) found that the election systems in the Deep South in 2020 suffered from an array of shortcomings, making it harder for many voters – particularly...

Nonprofits file amicus brief defending Florida public records law

March 09, 2021

MIAMI -- The First Amendment Foundation, ACLU of Florida and the Southern Poverty Law Center have filed an amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs in the case Human Rights Defense Center v. Armor Correctional Health Services Inc...

Governor’s Council to Examine the Needs of Louisiana Children Whose Parents are Incarcerated

March 04, 2021

LOUISIANA – Today, the Council on the Children of Incarcerated Parents and Caregivers will host their first-ever meeting to examine the needs of children in Louisiana whose parents or caregivers are in jail or prison. A law...

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Jones Says He’s “Sick” of Donald Trump in Leaked Video

March 02, 2021

WASHINGTON – A new report and exclusive video released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Hatewatch exposes multimillionaire conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who has built an extensive business appealing to former...

87 Doctors Join Organizers and Advocates’ Call to Free People from ICE Custody and Close Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia

February 26, 2021

ATLANTA – A national group of medical experts is calling on top immigration officials to immediately release the hundreds of people who remain detained in a South Georgia detention facility amid reports of new COVID-19 outbreaks...

SPLC’s Lecia Brooks: Congress Must Take Urgent Steps to Prevent Hate Groups from Raising Money Online

February 25, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Lecia Brooks, chief of staff for the Southern Poverty Law Center, testified before the House Committee on Financial Services about how far-right extremists and white supremacists fund operations like the...

Gwinnett County Superior Court Reverses Unlawful Expulsion of 14-year-old Student

February 25, 2021

ATLANTA, Ga. – The Gwinnett County Superior Court has reversed the unlawful school expulsion of a 14-year-old Gwinnett County Public Schools student based on an off-campus misdemeanor charge in juvenile court in 2019 that was...

SPLC Announces $10 Million in Available Grants to Deep South Organizations For Voter Mobilization and Civic Engagement

February 25, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today announced the beginning of a new application process in its Vote Your Voice initiative that will make more than $10 million in grants available to Deep South...

SPLC Reports Over 160 Confederate Symbols Removed in 2020

February 23, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today released the 2020 year-end update to its Whose Heritage? report data and map, which tracks public symbols of the Confederacy across the United States. The Whose...

SPLC: Reopening of Migrant Child Prisons Morally Indefensible and Unnecessary

February 23, 2021

MIAMI – The Biden-Harris administration is reportedly planning to reopen the Homestead detention center to detain unaccompanied migrant children. The detention center was last used in August of 2019 before closing, following...

U.S. Senator Taps Aide with History of Racist Writings & Connections to White Nationalists

February 23, 2021

WASHINGTON – An anti-immigrant extremist with ties to the white nationalist movement is presently advising Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), according to a new report published in Hatewatch. Julia Hahn, a former Trump aide with a long...

SPLC: Communities Across the South Know All Too Well the Detrimental Effects of ICE’s Continued Enforcement Practices

February 19, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) yesterday issued a memo establishing interim guidance on the scope of interior enforcement activity for the next 90 days. The following statement is from Laura...

Federal Court Again Blocks Trump-Era Asylum Transit Ban

February 16, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal court has again blocked a Trump administration ban that categorically denied asylum to anyone at the southern border who had transited through a third country en route to the United States, with very...

New SPLC Analysis: Extremists Leverage Little-Known and Encrypted Technology To Spread Dangerous Messages and Plan Violence

February 16, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a new analysis – titled “ How an Encrypted Messaging Platform is Changing Extremist Movements .” The report details how extremist groups are migrating to...

SPLC: Wind Down of ‘Remain in Mexico’ Critical Step for Tens of Thousands Seeking Protection in the U.S.

February 12, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Biden administration today announced the first phase of its plan to wind down the "Remain in Mexico" policy. On February 19, the United States will begin processing people who have already been enrolled in...

Civil Rights Memorial Center Seeks Poem Submissions for New Exhibit

February 10, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Civil Rights Memorial Center is partnering with New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander to produce a community poem for a new exhibit that will be featured at the Center when it reopens later this...

SPLC: Continued Use of Title 42 Unacceptable; Mass Expulsions Must End

February 10, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki today said the administration would continue to expel migrants at the border, signaling that the administration would continue expulsions under Title 42, pursuant to a CDC...

MPS Agrees to Compensate Lee High School Students Denied Due Process, Wrongfully Expelled

February 09, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Montgomery County Board of Education voted to approve two settlement agreements with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) during a special meeting on Feb. 5. The agreements resolve two lawsuits filed last...

New SPLC Analysis: The 566 Extreme Antigovernment Groups Nationwide Pose A Grave Threat to National Security

February 09, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a new analysis The Year in Antigovernment Extremism detailing the activities and dangers of the 566 extreme antigovernment groups that were active in 2020...

Judge orders retaliation to stop against incarcerated people participating in Florida solitary confinement lawsuit

February 09, 2021

Tallahassee, FL — Following a five-day evidentiary hearing U.S. Magistrate Judge Martin A. Fitzpatrick has ordered the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) to stop retaliation and threats of retaliation against incarcerated...

SPLC Applauds Long-Awaited Arrest and Prosecution of Child Kidnapper Lisa Miller as Isabella’s Mother Pleads for Her Return

February 08, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Jenkins v. Miller is a federal case in Vermont brought by a lesbian woman, Janet Jenkins, against her former civil union partner, Lisa Miller, who “renounced” homosexuality and kidnapped their then 7-year-old...

Lawsuit dismissed against Tuscaloosa Sheriff due to lack of COVID-19 records

February 08, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit against Tuscaloosa County Sheriff Ron Abernathy after his attorneys acknowledged that Abernathy’s office had no records in response to a...

SPLC Lauds Defense Secretary Austin’s Strong and Swift First Steps to End Hate and Extremism in our Military

February 04, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC – The Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang welcomed Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III’s early initiative to address the dangerous and disturbing trend of extremism in the U.S...

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