The SPLC today sued two federal agencies that operate under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), for failing to provide public documents detailing their unconstitutional methods of arresting and detaining immigrants in Florida.
The Trump administration used detained immigrant children as bait to arrest immigrants who came forward to sponsor them for release – a scheme that has left thousands of children detained in detention facilities across the country. The SPLC, the Legal Aid Justice Center, and the law firm of...
Several days after the Trump administration began separating children from their parents at the border, our Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI) received one or two calls from fathers whose children had been taken.
The Southern Poverty Law Center is a national sponsor for the “Families Belong Together” rallies on Saturday to protest President Trump’s inhumane immigration policies.
President Trump tweets outrageous things so often that it’s tempting just to shrug them off.
President Trump’s call for a suspension of due process for immigrants shows his utter contempt for the rule of law, the Constitution and our democratic values.
President Trump may have backed down from his monstrous policy of separating children from parents who bring them across the border, but the executive order he signed this week was just another exercise in deception – a fig leaf that won’t conceal the ugly truth about the extreme anti-immigrant campaign he’s leading.
After a 1,500-mile trek from Honduras, Moises and his 6-year-old son, Carlos, crossed the border together in May.
Their breaths drag between each sob like they can’t get enough air. They manage just two words, over and over: “Papá” and “Mami.”
We’re glad that the public’s fury has finally moved President Trump to back down from his morally repugnant, indefensible policy of separating children from their families and imprisoning them in cages.
