SPLC Names Efrén Olivares as Deputy Legal Director for the Immigrant Justice Project

October 26, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today named Efrén C. Olivares as the new Deputy Legal Director for the organization’s Immigrant Justice Project (IJP). Olivares, the first immigrant to assume the position...

Federal Judge Rejects ICE’s ‘Weak’ Implementation of Court-Ordered Custody Determinations of High Risk Individuals and Other Safety Measures

October 08, 2020

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Last night in the U.S. District Court for the Central Division of California, U.S. District Judge Jesus Bernal granted civil rights organizations' motion to enforce a preliminary injunction in their class-...

ICE is Using Torture Against Cameroonian Immigrants to Coerce Deportation, According to New Complaint Filed by Immigrant Rights Groups

October 08, 2020

WASHINGTON – Cameroon American Council, Freedom for Immigrants, Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Detention Watch Network (DWN), Natchez Network, Haitian Bridge Alliance, and...

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Inside Irwin County: Letters from a notorious ICE detention center

October 02, 2020

Tim Kennedy

SPLC Action: With Momentum of Resolution 1153, Congress Must Honor the Calls from Women Inside ICDC

October 02, 2020

WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed House Resolution 1153, condemning unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without their full, informed consent at Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in...

SPLC Action: Following Resolution, Congress Must Shut Down ICE Facilities, Including Irwin County Detention Center

September 25, 2020

WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Annie Kuster (NH-02), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) and Lois Frankel (FL-21) led 172 members of Congress in introducing a House Resolution...

SPLC Action: Chad Wolf Serves Trump’s Agenda, Not the Public’s

September 23, 2020

WASHINGTON – Today, Acting Department of Homeland (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf appeared before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee for his official confirmation hearing. Wolf has been unlawfully serving...

Immigrant Justice

In ICE Custody: America, the country I love, is allowing detained migrants like me to be treated in inhumane and degrading ways

September 20, 2020

I came to the United States from Honduras when I was 18 years old. I have lived here more than 20 years. My time in this country has left me with little doubt that my personality and character have been shaped by American society and culture over the past two decades. My beautiful wife, son, siblings and father are all U.S. citizens.

Immigrant Rights Advocates Ask Court to Permanently Block Trump Policy Turning Back Asylum Seekers

September 08, 2020

September 8, 2020, San Diego – Asylum seekers who have been turned back by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border asked a federal court to permanently stop the Trump...

‘The heat is consuming them’: Families Report Dire and Rapidly Deteriorating Conditions at Louisiana ICE Prisons

August 30, 2020

NEW ORLEANS – Families of loved ones detained at Jackson Parish Correctional Center in Jonesboro, Louisiana and LaSalle Correctional Center in Olla, Louisiana, two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) migrant prisons...

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