ATLANTA – The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued statements in response to the arrest of a legal observer on Sunday, March 5 in Atlanta: NLG “Law enforcement detained at least 35...

CHATTANOOGA, TN — On Feb. 27, a federal judge approved a final settlement in a class action lawsuit challenging an April 2018 workplace immigration raid at a meat processing plant in East Tennessee. The settlement provides over $...

VALLEY, Ala. — Charges of failure to pay solid waste fees were dropped against Nortasha Jackson after she was arrested for falling $85 behind on her trash bill. In their motion to dismiss her charges, Southern Poverty Law Center...

ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement from Erin Argueta, senior lead attorney for the SPLC’s Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI) , in response to the Biden administration’s...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) launched a new brand identity that builds on its legacy of fighting in the courts for justice and charts its course as a catalyst for people-powered, transformative...

EATONVILLE, Fla. — On Tuesday, Feb. 7 , the Town Council of Eatonville, Florida, voted against land use changes that would clear the way for the development of the historic Robert Hungerford Preparatory High School Property (...

ATLANTA – U.S. government officials expressed racist attitudes toward Black migrants, treated their deportation as sport, and dismissed reports of abuse, internal documents obtained by advocacy and activist groups through a...

WASHINGTON — A new series of investigative reporting released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Hatewatch offers a glimpse into the life of extremist entrepreneur Alex Jones and the destructive business he...

MACON — In response to Ms. Diamond’s decision to forgo a trial, attorneys at the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: “Ashley Diamond has decided that a lengthy...

NEW ORLEANS — In 2022, as we marked 20 years of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the ACLU of Louisiana and immigrants’ rights coalition partners — National Immigration Project (NIPNLG), Robert F. Kennedy Human...

WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement from Efrén C. Olivares , deputy legal director for the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project , in response to President Joe Biden’s plans to extend...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement in response to the release of the final report from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6,...