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New report reveals employers using the State Department’s J-1 Summer Work Travel Program

July 30, 2019

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...

Federal Court Rules that Challenge to Trump’s Asylum Turnback Policy Will Move Forward

July 30, 2019

WASHINGTON – A federal district court has rejected the government’s second attempt to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's unlawful turnbacks of asylum seekers who present themselves at ports of entry along...

Supreme Court Decision Paves Way for National Monument Dedicated to Xenophobia and Racism

July 26, 2019

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...

Resumption of federal executions a step in the wrong direction

July 25, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala - The United States Department of Justice announced today that it plans to carry out the executions of five prisoners sentenced to death. There have not been any executions of federal prisoners since 2003 as the...

More Families Seek Damages for Harm Suffered Due to Trump Administration’s Family Separations

July 25, 2019

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...

SPLC Action Fund statement on Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee wanting law on Nathan Bedford Forrest changed

July 16, 2019

ATLANTA, Ga. - Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee reversed his position and wants a change to the state law requiring a special day honoring Confederate General and KKK Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest. The following statement...

South Miami and immigrant rights groups sue Florida over unconstitutional immigration law

July 16, 2019

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...

Federal Court Rules that Neo-Nazi Should Pay More Than $14 Million in Damages to Jewish Woman Targeted in Harassment Campaign

July 15, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Federal Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch issued a ruling today recommending that Andrew Anglin , publisher of a major neo-Nazi website, should pay more than $14 million in damages to Tanya Gersh , the Whitefish...

SPLC Statement Responding to Trump’s Racial Attack on Members of Congress

July 14, 2019

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...

SPLC: Holiday recognizing early Ku Klux Klan leader an insult to Tennessee residents

July 12, 2019

ATLANTA, Ga. - The following statement on Nathan Bedford Forrest Day in Tennessee is by Heidi Beirich, Director of the Intelligence Project : "Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has proclaimed Saturday as Nathan Bedford Forrest Day in his...

SPLC Action Fund statement on House bill to prevent use of Confederate names on military assets

July 12, 2019

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...

Journalist Manuel Duran Freed from ICE Detention

July 11, 2019

GADSDEN, Ala. – After 465 days in detention, journalist Manuel Duran was released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention today. Duran, who was most recently held at the Etowah County Detention Center, will...

SPLC Letter Urges Montgomery Mayor to Veto Panhandling Ordinance

July 10, 2019

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...

Detained Journalist Manuel Duran’s Case Ordered Reopened

July 07, 2019

GADSDEN, Ala. – The Board of Immigration Appeals has ordered detained journalist Manuel Duran’s case reopened, paving the way for an asylum claim and possible release after over 15 months in the custody of U.S. Immigration and...

National Anti-Poverty and Child and Family Welfare Groups Urge Supreme Court to Preserve Workplace Protections for LGBTQ People

July 03, 2019

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...

SPLC Sues Florida Officials to Keep Citizens from Losing Right to Vote Again

July 01, 2019

MEDIA BRIEFING: Tuesday July 2, 10:00 A.M. ET , Plaintiff Rosemary McCoy and Southern Poverty Law Center Deputy Legal Director of Voting Rights Nancy Abudu will be available for comments. Please call: 929-477-0448. JACKSONVILLE,...

In Speech Tonight, Trump Won’t Talk About the Real Crisis – Asylum Seekers Being Denied Rights Under U.S. Law

June 28, 2019

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...

SPLC Statement on House Approval of Senate Supplemental Bill

June 27, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Southern Poverty Law Center Deputy Legal Director Mary Bauer, who oversees the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, issued the following statement on the House approval of the Senate’s border supplemental bill: “...

SCOTUS Avoids Responsibility to Protect Voters from Partisan Gerrymanders

June 27, 2019

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...

SPLC Statement on Trump’s Planned Immigration Raids

June 21, 2019

ATLANTA, Ga – Southern Poverty Law Center Deputy Legal Director May Bauer, who oversees the Immigrant Justice Project, issued the below statement following news reports that President Trump has ordered ICE to conduct raids in a...

SPLC Response to President Trump’s Comments on Family Separation During Interview on Telemundo Notícias

June 21, 2019

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...

SPLC Report: Louisiana Schools Fall Short on Collecting, Publishing School Policing Data

June 19, 2019

NEW ORLEANS – As the presence of law enforcement officers in schools continue to grow in Louisiana and nationally, school policing data is not being made readily available to Louisiana’s citizens as required by federal law,...

SPLC Action Fund: Unconstitutional immigration enforcement bill dangerous

June 18, 2019

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...

SPLC Charter Schools Lawsuit Heads to Mississippi Supreme Court

June 18, 2019

JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) will argue before the Mississippi Supreme Court to stop a funding scheme that diverts millions of local property tax dollars away from public schools and to privately...

New Report Examines Weaponization of Immigration Court System

June 12, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC – The immigration court system has failed to fulfill the constitutional and statutory promise of fair and impartial case-by-case review, according to a new report released today by Innovation Law Lab and the...

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