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Court Grants Injunction in Trump's "Remain in Mexico"

April 08, 2019

Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center statement on Innovation Law Lab. v. Nielson: "Today’s victory is especially important amidst reports that the Trump administration is planning to move toward...

SPLC Launches Digital Initiative to Promote Honest Discussion of Confederate History

April 05, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) this week launched a digital initiative that seeks to correct the false narratives of the “Lost Cause” mythology, which idolizes people who fought against the United...

Families File Claims Against the Trump Administration for Harm Suffered from the Family Separation Policy

April 04, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC – Two immigrant parents and their children who were unjustly and forcibly separated by immigration officials at the border filed administrative claims against the United States seeking compensation for the harms...

SPLC Responds to U.S. D.O.J. Letter of Findings on Alabama Prison System

April 03, 2019

The U.S. Department of Justice today released an unprecedented analysis of the Alabama prison system concluding that conditions at the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) likely violate the Eighth Amendment of the U.S...

SPLC Names Karen Baynes-Dunning Interim President and CEO

April 02, 2019

MONTGOMERY, AL – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today named Board member Karen Baynes-Dunning interim President and CEO effective immediately. Baynes-Dunning has served on the SPLC Board of Directors since October 2017...

Mississippi City Agrees to Overhaul Fine and Bail Practices Following Investigation by Civil Rights Organizations

April 02, 2019

MERIDIAN, Miss. – The Meridian City Council voted today to approve an agreement with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law to...

Statement of Mary Bauer, Deputy Legal Director, the Southern Poverty Law Center on the DHS Request for More Authority Targeting Immigrant Children

March 29, 2019

“Given the lengths to which federal agencies have gone to defend and cover up their treatment of immigrant children, there is absolutely no way Congress should give the Department of Homeland Security more authority, especially...

SPLC Action Fund Statement On Passage of Senate Bill 77

March 28, 2019

The following statement is from Heidi Beirich, Director of the Intelligence Project for SPLC Action Fund. This is not what democracy looks like. The passage of Senate Bill 77 denies the will of Georgians who seek to remove...

Alabama Voting Rights Project Held Press Conference in Mobile on Achievements, Importance of Voting Rights

March 27, 2019

MOBILE, Ala. - Today, the Alabama Voting Rights Project, new voters Rodney Lofton and Rachel Whitley, and Mobile community leaders spoke to the achievements across the state in voting rights restoration and the importance of...

Alabama Voting Rights Project Holds Press Conference in Montgomery on Achievements, Importance of Voting Rights

March 27, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Today, the Alabama Voting Rights Project and community leaders in Montgomery spoke to the achievements across the state in voting rights restoration and the importance of ensuring every eligible voter in...

Federal Court Rules Against Trump Administration’s Kentucky and Arkansas Medicaid Waiver Projects That Include Work Requirements

March 27, 2019

WASHINGTON – A federal judge ruled against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ approval of Medicaid waiver projects in Kentucky and Arkansas that include work mandates and other cuts to coverage. This marks the...

SPLC Files Brief to Fight Changes to Public Charge in Foreign Affairs Manual

March 22, 2019

MONTGOMERY, ALA. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), alongside nearly a dozen other organizations, including Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles, Latino Justice PRLDEF, and Muslim Advocates with the law...

Statement of Mary Bauer, Deputy Legal Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center on United States Supreme Court ruling in Nielsen v. Preap:

March 19, 2019

“Today the Supreme Court dealt another blow to immigrant’s rights by ruling that certain immigrants are not entitled to bond hearings. This decision is a setback to everyone’s liberty and due process rights.” “Our nation’s harsh...

SPLC Board Of Directors Retains Tina Tchen To Lead Comprehensive Workplace Review

March 18, 2019

MONTGOMERY, AL - SPLC Board of Directors Chair Bryan Fair today announced that the Board has retained Tina Tchen of Buckley LLP to lead a comprehensive review of the SPLC’s workplace culture and its past policies and practices...

SPLC: New Zealand attack shows white supremacy is global terrorist movement

March 15, 2019

“The atrocity in New Zealand shows us, once again, that we’re dealing with an international terrorist movement linked by a dangerous white supremacist ideology that’s metastasizing in the echo chambers of internet chat rooms and...

Civil Rights Groups and Advocates Rally at the Florida Capitol for Criminal Justice Reform

March 13, 2019

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — More than 250 constituents from across state gathered today to rally at the Capitol in support of changes that would improve the state’s broken justice system. The rally was part of the Florida Campaign for...

SPLC Action Fund: Legislation Would Regulate Use of Restraints on Florida Students

March 12, 2019

The Florida Senate Education Committee today voted 8-0 to approve Senate Bill 62, which would regulate use of restraints for children at school. The following statement is by Bacardi Jackson, senior supervising attorney for the...

Florida Legislators Announce Bill to Ensure Structurally Sound Schools for All Students

March 12, 2019

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida state Rep. Anna Eskamani and Florida state Sen. Janet Cruz announce legislation that would create the Florida Students’ Bill of Rights. The legislation, House Bill 1233 and Senate Bill 586 , would...

SPLC: Trump Administration Plan to Convert Medicaid into a System of Block Grants "Irresponsible"

March 11, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s budget proposal to convert Medicaid into a system of block grants is by Sam Brooke, deputy legal director for the Southern Poverty Law Center. “We...

Amicus Brief Supports Appeal Challenging Michigan’s Unconstitutional Diversion of Public Funds to Private Schools

March 08, 2019

Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS), a new initiative of Education Law Center and the Southern Poverty Law Center, has filed an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief urging the Michigan Supreme Court to strike down a state...

New Report Exposes SPLC's Clients Part of U.S. Government Tracking of Immigration Advocates & Journalists

March 07, 2019

“Recently, there have been a number of incredibly alarming incidents where our partners at Al Otro Lado (AOL), a binational legal services organization that serves refugees and other migrants in Tijuana and California, have been...

Keeping Children Out of Florida’s Adult Criminal Justice System Would Have Positive Economic Impact, Study Says

March 07, 2019

If all children in Florida’s adult criminal justice system were returned to the juvenile justice system, the added economic value would outweigh the costs, according to a new study prepared for the Southern Poverty Law Center (...

SPLC Action Fund Statement On Passage Of Senate Bill 77

March 05, 2019

The following statement is from Heidi Beirich, Director of the Intelligence Project for SPLC Action Fund. "At a time when cities all over the country are actively removing Confederate symbols from public spaces, it is...

SPLC Action Fund: Grand jury investigation of school officials into alleged ‘school safety’ crimes erodes democracy, politicizes tragedy

March 04, 2019

The Florida Supreme Court this week ordered a statewide grand jury to investigate school officials in light of last year’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people. The...

Statement From SPLC Action Fund On The Proposed Alabama Forfeiture Accountability System

February 28, 2019

Today, the Alabama District Attorneys Association announced the Alabama Forfeiture Accountability system, a voluntary data collection process for law enforcement to report on civil asset forfeiture in Alabama. The following...

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