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SPLC Releases Interactive Timeline of Patriot Front Activity

April 11, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released an interactive timeline tracking the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front . The group formed in 2017, following the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in...

SPLC Statement on Latest Death at Stewart Detention Center

April 07, 2023

ENGLISH AND SPANISH VERSIONS ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement about the death of Salvador Vargas, a 61-year-old Mexican man in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

SPLC’s Alabama State Office Partners with the Central Alabama Fair Housing Center to Celebrate Fair Housing Month

April 07, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Tuesday, April 11 at 1:30 p.m. CST , the Central Alabama Fair Housing Center (CAFHC) will host a virtual event celebrating Fair Housing Month. In recognition of the 55 th anniversary of the Federal Fair...

SPLC and The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community Respond to Developer’s Decision to Terminate Sale of Historic Property

March 31, 2023

EATONVILLE, Fla. — The Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC ) and The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community ( P.E.C. ) issued the following statement in response to the sale of most of the remaining acres of the historic...

Abuses at Florida ICE Detention Center Exposed by Mobile Billboard

March 31, 2023

MIAMI – Yesterday, immigrant rights organizations launched a mobile billboard campaign that highlights the abuses occurring at the Baker County Detention Center (Baker). The billboard, showcasing quotes from immigrants detained...

SPLC Statement on Court’s Denial of Class Certification in Lawsuit Challenging Forced Labor in Immigrant Detention Center

March 30, 2023

ATLANTA — This week, a federal judge in Georgia denied a request by individuals previously held at the Stewart Detention Center, a privately operated immigrant detention center in Stewart County, Georgia, to proceed as a class in...

SPLC Submits Public Comments on Biden Administration’s Proposed Asylum Ban

March 27, 2023

ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) submitted public comments today in opposition to the Biden administration’s Proposed Rule entitled “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways,” which would severely restrict access to...

The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community Sues Orange County Public School Board Over Historic Hungerford Property

March 27, 2023

EATONVILLE, Fla. — On Friday, Mar. 24, the Southern Poverty Law Center SPLC filed a complaint in state court against the Orange County Public School Board on behalf of the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (...

Alabama Supreme Court Denies Judgeship for Elected Jefferson County Candidate and Gives it to Madison County

March 24, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Alabama Supreme Court permitted the Alabama Judicial Resources Allocation Commission (JRAC) to remove a judgeship from diverse Jefferson County to majority-white Madison County. This means Tiara...

Civil Rights Groups Ask U.S. Department of Education to Investigate Children’s Rights Violations at Angola Prison

March 20, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Several civil rights groups sent a letter today urging the U.S. Department of Education to investigate the state’s decision to move children to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola – the nation’s largest...

Court Allows Remain in Mexico Lawsuit to Move Forward

March 17, 2023

ENGLISH AND SPANISH VERSIONS RIVERSIDE, Calif. — On Wednesday, a federal court largely denied the Biden administration’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit, Immigrant Defenders Law Center et al. v. Mayorkas , brought on behalf of people...

Injunction Granted Against Statutes that Criminalize Homelessness

March 14, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against state statutes that criminalize soliciting donations and begging, ruling that the statutes violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution...

Kwame Alexander Talks Race, Love and Hope at the Civil Rights Memorial Center

March 13, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Friday, March 17, at 5:30 p.m. , the Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC) , a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), will host Kwame Alexander , author of “ An American Story. ” Joining the author...

Florida Sheriff Settles Lawsuit for Unlawfully Profiling and Detaining Florida Resident Born Abroad

March 08, 2023

OCALA, Fla. – The Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) in Florida settled a federal lawsuit for its illegal detention and referral of Neville Brooks, a lawful permanent resident, to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE...

SPLC Statement on Release of Legal Observer

March 07, 2023

ATLANTA — Today, an employee at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), who was arrested while volunteering as a legal observer on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), was released on bail. SPLC President and CEO Margaret...

SPLC Statement on President Biden’s Proposed Family Detention Policy Changes

March 07, 2023

English and Spanish versions 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...

NLG and SPLC Statements on Arrest of Legal Observer

March 06, 2023

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...

New Report Documents Explosive Growth in Private School Voucher Spending

March 06, 2023

ATLANTA – Today, Public Funds Public Schools – a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Education Law Center (ELC) – released a new report documenting the massive increase in public spending on private education...

Federal Court Approves Classwide Settlement of Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenging Workplace Raid

February 27, 2023

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 $...

Children’s Rights Advocates: Federal Judge Allows Lawsuit Over Illegal Use of Florida Baker Act on Palm Beach County Students to Move Forward

February 24, 2023

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon denied, in part, a request by the School District of Palm Beach County to dismiss a case challenging the use of involuntary psychiatric examination of...

Charges Dismissed Against Woman Jailed for Failure to Pay $85 Trash Bill

February 24, 2023

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...

Historic Wreath-Laying Ceremony Honoring Rep. John Lewis and Civil Rights Martyrs to Be Held at the Civil Rights Memorial Center

February 22, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Friday, March 3 at 3:00 p.m. , the Civil Rights Memorial Center , a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), will honor the late Congressman John R. Lewis and civil rights martyrs during a wreath-...

SPLC Statement on Biden Administration’s Proposed Asylum Ban

February 21, 2023

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...

Cobb County Parent Wins Compensatory Education for Child with Disabilities Denied Services

February 16, 2023

ATLANTA — The Cobb County School District will revise their policies and procedures for special education services after a five-year-old student diagnosed with Down Syndrome and a chronic feeding disorder was denied services, the...

SPLC Unveils New Visual Brand, Centering Southern Communities and Honoring Legacy of Defending Civil Rights

February 15, 2023

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...

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