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SPLC Action Fund: Louisiana Legislators’ Election Plan 'Needlessly Risks Voters’ Health'

April 22, 2020

BATON ROUGE, La. - The Louisiana Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs and House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs met today to approve an emergency plan regarding upcoming elections in the state. The...

SPLC Statement on President Trump’s Threat to Suspend Immigration

April 21, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, regarding President Trump’s threat to suspend...

Advocates: Communities Hang in the Balance as Florida Denies Equal Access to Critical, Life-saving Resources Amid Pandemic

April 21, 2020

Versión española abajo. / Ayisyen vèsyon kreyòl anba a. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, a coalition of nearly 40 immigrant rights organizations are calling on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and other state leaders to answer for the...

In Victory for Detained Immigrants, Federal Judge Orders ICE to Review for Release Every Person with Covid-19 Risk Factors

April 20, 2020

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A federal judge today ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to promptly revisit custody determinations, including consideration of release for all persons in ICE detention whose age or health...

SPLC Statement on SCOTUS Unanimous Juries Decision

April 20, 2020

Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Ramos v. Louisiana that the federal right to a unanimous jury under the Sixth Amendment applies to states. “This is a significant victory against Jim Crow era laws whose only purpose is...

No more delays, we need to get people out of jails and prisons in the South now

April 20, 2020

Montgomery, Alabama -- Incarcerated people have died from COVID-19 in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana. These deaths have occurred while all four states have resisted efforts to significantly reduce their prison...

Detained Migrants Win in Federal Court: Judge Greenlights Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit

April 16, 2020

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A federal judge ruled today that a nationwide class action lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can proceed, greenlighting a challenge to ICE’...

SPLC Action calls for release of people from Mississippi prisons following first COVID-19 death

April 16, 2020

JACKSON, Miss. -- A person incarcerated at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman has died of COVID-19 — the first known person in the state’s prison system to die from the virus. To reduce the spread of COVID-19 in...

SPLC Action Fund: Louisiana Senate Committee Action 'Hurtling the State into Wisconsin-like Election Circumstances'

April 15, 2020

BATON ROUGE, La. - Today, the Louisiana Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee deferred action on a Louisiana Secretary of State-drafted Emergency Election Plan for the upcoming presidential preference primary in July and...

Advocates: Changes Must be Made to Address Severe Restrictions on Access to Counsel under ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy

April 15, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild joined 46 other organizations today to urge the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Executive...

SPLC statement on legislation overturning Virginia’s prohibition on the removal of Confederate war memorials

April 14, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – On Saturday, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed Senate Bill 183 and House Bill 1537 into law allowing for the removal, relocation, or contextualization of Confederate monuments starting July 1, 2020. The...

Lawsuit Filed Challenging Dangerous Plan to Move State’s COVID-Positive Incarcerated People to Angola

April 14, 2020

BATON ROUGE – Incarcerated people who test positive for COVID-19 in prisons and jails in around the state of Louisiana are being transferred to the Louisiana State Penitentiary (commonly called Angola) to be housed in Camp J...

“Many Will Die”: Federal Filing Demands Release of Immigrants Confined to Deadly Florida Detention Centers

April 13, 2020

MIAMI – Today, a coalition of organizations filed a federal class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Miami Division seeking the immediate release of all individuals in the custody of...

Advocates: Catastrophe Awaits Unless Action is Taken to Protect People Held at South Georgia Immigrant Detention Facilities Amid Pandemic

April 10, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta issued the following statement after the denial of their request for a temporary restraining order seeking the immediate...

SPLC Action Fund joins civil rights groups calling on authorities to address COVID-19 crisis in state and county jails

April 10, 2020

Montgomery, Alabama -- Earlier this week SPLC Action Fund joined multiple civil rights organizations in demanding that state and local governments in the South act immediately to protect incarcerated adults and juveniles, as well...

SPLC Action Fund Statement on the Tallahassee Conversion Therapy Ban Ordinance Decision

April 09, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Yesterday evening, the Tallahassee City Commission passed its conversion therapy ordinance, joining the growing list of state and local governments to support bans. The following statement is from Scott McCoy...

SPLC Statement on New CDC Guidance Regarding Essential Workers

April 09, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Meredith Stewart, senior supervising attorney with the Immigrant Justice Project , on the new Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidance...

Florida Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform calls for release of Florida prisoners with threat of COVID-19 looming

April 08, 2020

Tallahassee, FL -- In the last week incarcerated people have begun to test positive for COVID-19 in Florida’s jails and prisons. The main focus has been on Broward County, with one column claiming the Broward County Jail was a “...

Plaintiffs Ask Tennessee Court to Halt Unconstitutional Voucher Program

April 07, 2020

TENNESSEE – Parents and community members in Shelby and Davidson Counties who are challenging the constitutionality of the Tennessee Education Savings Account (ESA) voucher law filed a motion Friday asking the Chancery Court for...

AFJ calls for release of Alabama prisoners following news report that widespread infection and deaths are expected

April 06, 2020

Montgomery, Alabama -- Once again, Alabama is confronted with a life-threatening crisis in its prison system. And once again – according to recent reporting – the state has prioritized warehousing thousands of our community...

Immigrant Advocates Seek Immediate Release of People at Heightened Risk of COVID-19 from Notorious Georgia Detention Centers

April 03, 2020

ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta, with pro bono assistance from the law firm of Kilpatrick Townsend, filed a lawsuit today seeking the immediate release of people held...

Immigration Court System Continues to Endanger Lives Despite Incremental Changes

April 03, 2020

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Innovation Law Lab (Law Lab), Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. and Santa Fe Dreamers Project...

SPLC: Court Decision Allows Lawsuit over Mississippi Public Schools to Move Forward

April 03, 2020

MISSISSIPPI – A lawsuit brought by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on behalf of families impacted by Mississippi’s failure to provide a “uniform system of free public schools” can move forward, the U.S. Court of Appeals...

New Emergency Filing Demands Release of Asylum Seekers Trapped In ICE Cages As Spread Of COVID-19 Accelerates

March 31, 2020

WASHINGTON – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the ACLU of Louisiana filed an emergency motion for preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking the immediate release of...

SPLC Statement on Idaho Governor Signing Anti-Transgender Bills into Law

March 31, 2020

Late yesterday evening, Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed into law two bills that target transgender people. HB 500 discriminates against transgender student athletes by prohibiting them from participating in sports, and HB 509 bars...

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