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SPLC Action Fund Statement on Education Provisions of Coronavirus Stimulus Proposal

March 23, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The SPLC Action Fund issued the following statement by Regional Policy Analyst Katherine Dunn about the education provisions of the federal government’s $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus proposal: “With over 50...

SPLC Action Fund Statement on Exclusion of Immigrants and Low-wage Workers From the Coronavirus Stimulus Proposal

March 23, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The SPLC Action Fund issued the following statement today about the exclusion of immigrants and low-wage workers from the federal government’s plans for a $2 trillion economic stimulus package in response to...

SPLC responds to Trump’s Racist and Xenophobic Attacks on Asians

March 20, 2020

President Trump continued to use racist and xenophobic language today during a news conference about the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. by calling it the “Chinese virus." In doing so, he doubled down on his effort to...

SPLC: Trump’s Racist Response to COVID-19 Endangers All Americans, Including Immigrants

March 20, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement from Laura Rivera, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI) , responding to the Trump...

LDF, SPLC, Alabama Civil Rights and Disability Rights Groups Urge Secretary of State to Ensure Ballot Access Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic

March 19, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Greater Birmingham Ministries, the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, and the Alabama Disabilities...

The Year in Hate 2019: White Nationalist Groups Rise for a Second Year in a Row – Up 55% Since 2017

March 18, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A white nationalist movement that was emboldened by the election of Donald Trump grew for a second straight year in 2019, as the number of hate groups in the movement rose to 155 – a 55 percent increase since...

SPLC Statement on Trump Administration’s Attack on Asylum Seekers Amid Global Crisis

March 18, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, regarding reports that the Trump administration...

Dozens of civil rights groups demand Coronavirus precautions for people in state prisons, jails and federal detention in the Deep South

March 17, 2020

Montgomery, Alabama — With the coronavirus spreading quickly across the country, dozens of civil rights groups including the Southern Poverty Law Center, (SPLC) are demanding that the federal government and Mississippi ,...

Immigrant Advocacy Groups File Civil Rights Complaint Against Constitutional & Disability Rights Violations

March 13, 2020

Freedom for Immigrants (FFI), Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention, and Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC) have filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland...

SPLC Statement on House Decision to Delay Vote on NO BAN Act

March 12, 2020

The following statement is from Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the SPLC Action Fund : “While the delay of the vote on the NO BAN Act is disappointing, our unwavering commitment to strike down this signature piece...

SPLC: Our Fight Against the Trump Administration’s War on Asylum Continues

March 11, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project , about the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling allowing the...

Trump Asylum Transit Ban Blocked

March 06, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO, March 5, 2020 – A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel today blocked the Trump administration’s asylum transit ban from being applied to thousands of asylum seekers who were unlawfully prevented from accessing the...

Parents Sue Tennessee To Block Unconstitutional Voucher Law

March 02, 2020

Nashville, Tenn., March 2 – Public school parents and community members in Nashville and Memphis today filed suit in the Chancery Court for Davidson County challenging the Tennessee Education Savings Account (ESA) voucher law as...

SPLC: Decisions a Major Blow to Trump Administration War on Asylum

February 28, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C . – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, on two immigration decisions by the Ninth Circuit...

Eleventh Circuit Rules Federal Anti-Trafficking Law Can Apply to Private Immigrant Detention Corporations

February 28, 2020

ATLANTA – The U.S Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit today affirmed the denial of CoreCivic’s motion to dismiss a complaint, filed on behalf of a class of immigrants forced to work while detained at Stewart Detention...

SPLC Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision Blocking Family’s Lawsuit on Behalf of Murdered Son

February 25, 2020

SPLC Statement on the Far-Right Shooting in Hanau, Germany

February 20, 2020

Southern Poverty Law Center’s Interim President Karen Baynes-Dunning issued the following statement on the shooting at two German bars in Hanau: “The tragic shooting that took place in Hanau, Germany, Wednesday evening left nine...

SPLC: Court Affirms Clients' Right to Vote Cannot be Conditioned on Wealth

February 19, 2020

ATLANTA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision today in Kelvin Jones v. Governor of Florida , SPLC’s ongoing litigation against Florida’s modern-day poll tax. The following statement is from Nancy...

Immigrant Advocates File Civil Rights Complaints Against ICE Alleging Medical Neglect, Overuse of Solitary Confinement on Louisiana Hunger Strikers

February 19, 2020

On Tuesday, Freedom for Immigrants (FFI), Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention (Louisiana AID) filed two complaints with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Civil...

SPLC: CBP's Tactical Teams Will Further Terrorize Immigrants

February 14, 2020

“The deployment of Customs and Border Protection tactical teams to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in sanctuary cities is a dangerous and wholly unnecessary step in this administration’s relentless attack...

SPLC Statement on Victory Against Trump's Attempt to Impose Arbitrary Work Requirements on Medicaid in Arkansas

February 14, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala--“The court confirmed that this administration’s effort to ‘explode’ Medicaid by converting it from a health care access program to a work program is arbitrary and illegal. We hope the federal government and the...

Appeals Court Rebukes Administration’s Attempt to Force Work Requirements, Other Barriers on Medicaid Program

February 14, 2020

Washington, D.C. – Earlier today a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in Gresham v. Azar, concerning the Trump administration’s approval of a restrictive...

SPLC Action Fund Statement on House and Senate Resolutions Calling for Immediate Resignation of Stephen Miller

February 13, 2020

SPLC Action Fund’s Interim President and CEO Karen Baynes-Dunning issued the below statement after Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced resolutions in the House of Representatives and the Senate...

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Over Alabama’s Laws Criminalizing Panhandling

February 13, 2020

Montgomery, Ala .— Alabama’s panhandling laws violate the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of speech, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday seeking to immediately stop the city of Montgomery and Alabama from enforcing two...

PFPS Launches New Interactive Tool to Track Voucher Legislation Nationwide

February 13, 2020

Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS) has launched an interactive tool to track bills that create or expand, as well as scale back, private school voucher programs in state legislatures across the country. The new legislative...

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