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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Trump’s Executive Order on Antisemitism — Explained
Image at top: Protesters gather in Newark, New Jersey, after the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, who helped lead pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University. (Credit: VIEW Press via Getty Images)
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Trump Reinstates Discriminatory and Unconstitutional Policing — Explained
What happened? On his first day in office, President Trump rescinded former President Biden’s executive order on Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety. Provisions in the Biden order were intended to inject accountability into law enforcement, such as creating a National Law Enforcement Accountability Database to…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Communities are harmed when local law enforcement engages in immigration enforcement
Image at top: An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. (Credit: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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A return to failed and racist ‘tough on crime’ policies
Image at top: President Donald Trump walks out after speaking at the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit on Dec. 8, 2020, in Washington. (Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Victory for Freedom of Expression as Eleventh Circuit Rules Alabama’s Anti-solicitation Laws Unconstitutional
The 2019 lawsuit was aimed at ending the criminalization of homelessness MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), our allies and the communities we serve celebrate a victory following the Eleventh Circuit’s decision to affirm a district court’s decision that declared Alabama’s anti-solicitation laws violate the First Amendment’s protection of free speech…
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SPLC Represents Former Student Wrongfully Detained for Exercising Right to Free Speech
SPLC President calls the detainment “an obvious scare tactic intended to silence people” MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has signed on to represent Leqaa Kordia, a New Jersey resident of Palestinian origin in the United States on a student visa who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Letter to the House: Policy Priorities for the 119th Congress
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Letter to the Senate: Policy Priorities for the 119th Congress
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
SPLC Applauds Louisiana’s Rejection of Act 3 Constitutional Amendment
NEW ORLEANS — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) applauds the decision of Louisianans to roundly reject all four constitutional amendments, particularly Amendment 3, which would have made it easier to sentence children to adult jails and prison. Out of the 64 parishes in Louisiana, 52 of them voted NO on Act 3: “The people…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
SPLC Files Application for Appeal Against Cobb County School District for Inappropriate Expulsion of Student
COBB COUNTY, Ga — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed an application for discretionary appeal with the Georgia Court of Appeals in an ongoing student expulsion case. SPLC client, K.B., is a Black student with a disability who was expelled for alleged behavior that occurred outside of school, under the Cobb County School…
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