Los Angeles — A nationwide class action lawsuit was filed against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and others acting in their official capacities. The lawsuit,...

Southern Poverty Law Center Deputy Legal Director David Dinielli issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s decision to propose a rule that would allow federal contractors to discriminate based on...

The Federal Register today published a new Trump regulation known as the public charge rule that targets legal immigrants who rely on public programs, such as food stamps and government-subsidized housing. The following statement...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen today adopted a federal magistrate judge’s recommendation that Andrew Anglin, publisher of a major neo-Nazi website, must pay more than $14 million in damages to Tanya...

Southern Poverty Law Center Attorney Julia Solórzano , with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, issued the following statement on today's workplace raids in Mississippi: “Today’s raids are part of the ongoing war against...

Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project Director Heidi Beirich issued the following statement regarding the mass shooting today in El Paso, Texas: “The tragedy in El Paso today has become a scene so common that it's no...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Three Alabama civil rights groups and Montgomery Pride United filed a public records request with three government agencies yesterday, seeking to determine why LGBTQ-friendly bars and restaurants in the city...

WASHINGTON – The International Labor Recruitment Working Group (ILRWG) – a coalition of organizations committed to ending the systemic abuses of workers who are recruited to the United States and improving labor standards for all...

The following statement is from Mary Bauer , deputy legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Immigrant Justice Project: “The Supreme Court’s decision today is a dangerous step towards the construction of a national...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three fathers who were forcibly separated from their young children by immigration officials have filed administrative claims against the United States to seek compensation for the lasting harm caused by the...

MIAMI, Fla. – A new state law requiring local police to act as ICE agents and prohibiting sanctuary policies, is unconstitutional and will hurt the most vulnerable Floridians, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by the...

ATLANTA – Mary Bauer, deputy legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project, issued the below statement following President Trump’s attack on several members of Congress while immigrant communities...