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SPLC Statement on U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in DHS v. Thuraissigiam

June 25, 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, in response to today’s Supreme Court decision in...

SPLC Statement on Trump Administration Executive Order Expanding Immigration Restrictions

June 23, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center issued the following statement by Meredith Stewart, senior supervising attorney with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, regarding the Trump administration's executive order...

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Honoring World Refugee Day

June 20, 2020

Margaret Huang

SPLC Action Fund Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision on DACA

June 18, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was arbitrary and capricious. The following statement can be...

SPLC Statement on Trump Administration’s Effort to End Asylum

June 12, 2020

SPLC Reaches $300,000 Settlement in Poultry Plant Discrimination Case

June 09, 2020

ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced today that it reached a $300,000 settlement with Wayne Farms, one of the nation’s biggest poultry producers, on behalf of three people with disabilities who alleged...

SPLC Statement on Extension of CDC Order

May 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 the indefinite extension of the Centers...

No More Slaps on the Wrist: Contempt Action Lodged Against ICE for Refusal to Restore Access to Parole for Asylum Seekers

May 12, 2020

WASHINGTON – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and ACLU of Louisiana today filed a motion for contempt in their federal class action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the New Orleans Immigration...

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Amid pandemic, poultry workers must be protected

May 05, 2020

Carmen Martinez

Recently, there has been an outpouring of praise for essential workers on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Immigrant Justice

Man feared death from COVID-19 inside immigrant prison

April 29, 2020

When COVID-19 hit the U.S., Silvio Urbina Rojas began to wonder if he’d die in an immigrant prison.

He slept in a bed that was only about three feet from another man’s. About 240 men were forced to breathe the same air in a confined space where the coronavirus could be inhaled, and they shared only six toilets, 12 sinks and 12 showers.

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