WASHINGTON – The International Labor Recruitment Working Group (ILRWG) – a coalition of organizations committed to ending the systemic abuses of workers who are recruited to the United States and improving labor standards for all...

The following statement is from Mary Bauer , deputy legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Immigrant Justice Project: “The Supreme Court’s decision today is a dangerous step towards the construction of a national...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three fathers who were forcibly separated from their young children by immigration officials have filed administrative claims against the United States to seek compensation for the lasting harm caused by the...

MIAMI, Fla. – A new state law requiring local police to act as ICE agents and prohibiting sanctuary policies, is unconstitutional and will hurt the most vulnerable Floridians, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by the...

ATLANTA – Mary Bauer, deputy legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project, issued the below statement following President Trump’s attack on several members of Congress while immigrant communities...

ATLANTA, Ga. - The following statement on Amendment 628 in the U.S. House of Representatives is by Heidi Beirich, Director of the Intelligence Project for SPLC Action Fund : "The U.S. House of Representatives this week adopted an...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Southern Poverty Law Center today urged Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange to veto a city ordinance that subjects people who are homeless to fines and jail time for soliciting money in public spaces in direct...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Several organizations dedicated to fighting poverty and advocating for children and families, represented by pro bono counsel at Latham & Watkins LLP and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), submitted a...

We expect President Trump’s speech tonight to be filled with more falsehoods demonizing migrants who are seeking refuge. But the real national emergency is that this administration has manufactured a humanitarian crisis at our...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The following statement about the Supreme Court's decision in Rucho v. Common Cause is by Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center: "The Court’s decision not to rein in state...

DECATUR, Ga. –The following is a statement by SPLC Senior Supervising Michelle LaPointe on claims made by President Trump regarding his administration’s handling of family separation during his first televised interview on...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 168, an immigration enforcement bill that bans sanctuary policies, including so called “sanctuary cities.” The following is a statement by Scott McCoy, senior policy counsel for the...