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New Mississippi Lawsuit Challenges Burdensome, Unconstitutional Absentee Ballot Requirements during COVID-19 Pandemic

August 27, 2020

JACKSON, Miss. – A lawsuit filed in federal court today against Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson and Attorney General Lynn Fitch challenges the constitutionality of the state’s absentee ballot requirements, including...

Reckless ICE Evacuation Procedures Put Immigrants Detained in Louisiana Facilities at Risk During Hurricane Laura

August 27, 2020

NEW ORLEANS – As Hurricane Laura barreled through Louisiana, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) never shared any emergency plans detailing how the agency would ensure the safety of the hundreds of immigrants in its custody...

SPLC Response to Deadly Overnight Shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin

August 26, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the statement below after a 17-year-old male individual was arrested for the alleged shooting that killed two and injured another in...

Immigrant Rights Groups File Civil Rights Complaint Calling for a Halt and Investigation of Racist Practices at Louisiana ICE Prison

August 26, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – Following the peaceful protest of Black asylum seekers held at the Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center in Pine Prairie, Louisiana, the Cameroonian American Council (CAC), Freedom for Immigrants, ISLA Immigration...

SPLC statement on Jacob Blake shooting

August 25, 2020

KENOSHA, Wis. — Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the below statement following the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man shot multiple times by Kenosha, Wis., police at close range on Sunday. He...

SPLC Responds to RNC Resolution

August 23, 2020

WASHINGTON — Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the statement below following the Republican National Committee's approval of a resolution challenging SPLC’s identification and condemnation of...

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...

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