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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...

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...

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SPLC sues farm labor contractor for underpaying H-2A guest workers and threatening to deport them for speaking out

August 14, 2020

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'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 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 on Trump’s Latest Attack on DACA

July 28, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – SPLC Action Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang issued the below statement following reports that President Trump has issued an order to the Department of Homeland Security to start...

SPLC Action Fund on Passing of NO BAN Act in U.S. House of Representatives

July 22, 2020

WASHINGTON — SPLC Action Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang issued the statement below following the passing of the NO BAN Act in the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 233-183. The Act is designed...

SPLC Action Fund Urges Congress to Pass NO BAN Act

July 20, 2020

WASHINGTON — Today, in a letter to all Members of Congress , SPLC Action Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang urged representatives to support the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants...

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