Five years after the deadly white supremacist attack on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, there are troubling signals from the Trump administration that it won’t be taking seriously the threat of violence and terrorism from white supremacists and other domestic extremists.
The Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board should investigate the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office for issuing fake subpoenas that threatened witnesses with fines and jail time to coerce them into answering prosecutors’ questions – actions that violate rules of professional conduct, according to a complaint the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed with the board today.
The RAISE Act represents a stealth attack on our immigration system that would begin to unravel the reforms of 52 years ago, when Congress discarded a racist quota system that discriminated against people who weren’t white and northern European.
This week, the Senate took a series of votes aimed at repealing parts or all of the Affordable Care Act. Under any of the plans put forth by Republicans – all voted down thus far – millions of Americans would lose their health care coverage, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
The following statement, regarding a brief filed by the Department of Justice Wednesday night claiming that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not protect LGBT people from employment discrimination, is by David Dinielli, deputy legal director at the SPLC:
Thousands upon thousands of transgender people have served and are serving this country with honor and courage.
The following statement, regarding the letter by 20 state attorneys generals urging the Trump administration to protect young, undocumented immigrants – or “Dreamers” – in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, is by Naomi Tsu, deputy legal director for the SPLC:
In cities and towns around the country, law enforcement agencies have the power to seize people’s cash and property through a process called civil asset forfeiture.
The following statement in support of the Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act of 2017 introduced this week by U.S. Sens. Kamala Harris and Rand Paul, is by Sam Brooke, deputy legal director for the SPLC:
The following statement, about the failed effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is by Sam Brooke, deputy legal director for the SPLC:
