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SPLC Statement on Trayford Pellerin Killing

August 22, 2020

LAFAYETTE, La. — Southern Poverty Law Center President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang issued the below statement following the killing of Trayford Pellerin, a 31-year-old Black man, who was shot by Lafayette police...

SPLC Urges Georgia School District to End Discriminatory School-to-Prison Pipeline, Files Appeal in Court to Reverse Student’s Permanent Expulsion

August 20, 2020

ATLANTA – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a notice of appeal on behalf of a 14-year-old Gwinnett County, Georgia, student permanently expelled after he was accused of a misdemeanor off-campus last fall. The...

Federal Appeals Court Hearing Concludes in Challenge to Florida Law Obstructing Voting Rights Restoration

August 18, 2020

ATLANTA — A federal appeals court hearing in a case that may enable hundreds of thousands of Floridians to register to vote in time for the November election concluded today after two hours of oral argument. The case concerns...

SPLC Action Fund Calls on Congress to Act to Prevent Postal Service Disruptions

August 18, 2020

WASHINGTON — SPLC Action Fund President and CEO Margaret Huang released the statement below after Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi asked Members of the House of Representatives to come back from recess to...

SPLC on Centennial Anniversary of 19th Amendment Ratification

August 17, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The following statement on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is by Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for the Southern Poverty Law Center: “The...

SPLC Action Fund: Florida Needlessly Conducts Primary Election during Pandemic without Available Federal Funds

August 17, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The following statement about tomorrow's primary elections in Florida is by Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for the SPLC Action Fund: "Tomorrow, Florida will needlessly conduct a statewide election during a...

SPLC Supports Advocates Calling on 15th Judicial District Court to Nullify Permanent Injunction Preventing Mouton Statue Removal

August 13, 2020

NEW ORLEANS – On Monday, August 17, during a court hearing in Lafayette, Louisiana, Move the Mindset (MTM) and community members will call on the 15th Judicial District Court to nullify a permanent injunction which prevents the...

Parents, Districts, and NAACP Ask Federal Court for Immediate Relief from DeVos Rule

August 12, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging a rule that imposes unlawful conditions on federal emergency aid for public schools have asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to grant a preliminary...

SPLC’s Margaret Huang on Charlottesville Anniv.: 'Hate is alive and flourishing in the United States.'

August 12, 2020

WASHINGTON — Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the below statement on the third anniversary of a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The event drew hundreds of peaceful...

SPLC Whose Heritage? Dataset Updates as of August 11, 2020

August 11, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today released an update to its Whose Heritage? report which tracks symbols of the Confederacy on public land across the United States: Total number of Confederate symbols...

SPLC Launches Original Podcast 'Sounds Like Hate'

August 11, 2020

Chapter One Focuses on a Woman Who Was a Member of a Hate Group and Worked Behind the Scenes to Support the “Unite the Right” Rally MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) launched its first original podcast —...

'The epitome of greed': Private Prison Corporation Asks Immigrants to Bear Cost of Their Detention

August 07, 2020

ATLANTA – Attorneys with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Perkins Coie LLP, Project South and the Law Office of Andrew R. Free today filed a motion to dismiss CoreCivic’s counterclaim against the plaintiffs in the forced...

SPLC Statement on Anniversary of Mississippi Workplace Raids

August 07, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – One year ago today armed agents set upon workers at poultry plants in Mississippi, arresting more than 600 immigrants and terrorizing them, their families, and their communities. This raid occurred just days...

Lawsuit Now Covers Thousands of Asylum Seekers Unlawfully Turned Back at Ports of Entry

August 06, 2020

SAN DIEGO— A federal judge has granted class certification in Al Otro Lado v. Wolf, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s policy of turning back asylum seekers at ports of entry. The ruling provides that the challenge...

SPLC Statement on the Suspensions of Two North Paulding High School Students

August 06, 2020

DALLAS, Ga. – This week, a Georgia school district suspended two students for sharing a photo of their school environment in a viral social media post critical of the school’s reopening plans amid the pandemic. The photos showed...

SPLC Files Class Action Lawsuit Targeting Arkansas Farm Labor Contractor Exploiting Migrant Workers

August 06, 2020

El Dorado, Ark. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of migrant workers who have faced rampant wage theft by a major farm labor contractor, Lowry Farms, Inc. The guest workers...

SPLC Action Fund condemns Georgia governor's decision to sign House Bill 838

August 06, 2020

ATLANTA- Earlier this week Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed House Bill 838, which will grant police officers special status beyond what ordinary citizens enjoy. The new law, which goes into effect on January 1, 2021, will make...

SPLC Statement on the Suspensions of Two North Paulding High School Students

August 06, 2020

Federal Court Denies Government’s Motion to Dismiss in Immigration Court Case

August 03, 2020

PORTLAND, OR – Immigrant rights advocates challenging the weaponization of the U.S. immigration courts applaud Friday’s late-afternoon ruling by the U.S. District Court of Oregon that their lawsuit, Las Americas v Trump , will...

SPLC: One Year Later, Remembering Those Who Lost Their Lives in El Paso

August 03, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — One year ago today, a gunman opened fire in an El Paso, Texas, shopping center after reportedly driving more than nine hours to target Mexican nationals. This deadly attack took the lives of 23 people and...

SPLC Action Fund Statement on Passage of House Appropriations Minibus Bill

July 31, 2020

WASHINGTON — SPLC Action Fund Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks released the statement below after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.7617, a House appropriations bill with a vote of 217-197. The “minibus” bill contains...

SPLC Statement on Twitter Suspending David Duke

July 31, 2020

ATLANTA — The Southern Poverty Law Center Interim Research Director Keegan Hankes released the following statement after Twitter took the long overdue step to permanently suspend David Duke, one of the most recognizable figures...

NEW POLL: Voters in Deep South Oppose Guaranteed Immunity for Corporations and Businesses

July 31, 2020

WASHINGTON — As Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell holds up COVID-19 relief for struggling families to protect corporations, today the SPLC Action Fund released new findings from a poll showing 3 in 5 voters in three...

SPLC Statement on U.S. District Court Blocking of Public Charge Rule

July 30, 2020

WASHINGTON — Late Wednesday, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York again blocked the Trump administration’s “public charge” rule that undermined access to healthcare, nutrition and housing...

SPLC Action Fund on Trump’s Latest Attack on DACA

July 28, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – SPLC Action Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang issued the below statement following reports that President Trump has issued an order to the Department of Homeland Security to start...

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