SPLC Action: With Momentum of Resolution 1153, Congress Must Honor the Calls from Women Inside ICDC

October 02, 2020

WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed House Resolution 1153, condemning unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without their full, informed consent at Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in...

SPLC Action: Following Resolution, Congress Must Shut Down ICE Facilities, Including Irwin County Detention Center

September 25, 2020

WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Annie Kuster (NH-02), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) and Lois Frankel (FL-21) led 172 members of Congress in introducing a House Resolution...

SPLC Action: Chad Wolf Serves Trump’s Agenda, Not the Public’s

September 23, 2020

WASHINGTON – Today, Acting Department of Homeland (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf appeared before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee for his official confirmation hearing. Wolf has been unlawfully serving...

Immigrant Justice

In ICE Custody: America, the country I love, is allowing detained migrants like me to be treated in inhumane and degrading ways

September 20, 2020

I came to the United States from Honduras when I was 18 years old. I have lived here more than 20 years. My time in this country has left me with little doubt that my personality and character have been shaped by American society and culture over the past two decades. My beautiful wife, son, siblings and father are all U.S. citizens.

Immigrant Rights Advocates Ask Court to Permanently Block Trump Policy Turning Back Asylum Seekers

September 08, 2020

September 8, 2020, San Diego – Asylum seekers who have been turned back by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border asked a federal court to permanently stop the Trump...

‘The heat is consuming them’: Families Report Dire and Rapidly Deteriorating Conditions at Louisiana ICE Prisons

August 30, 2020

NEW ORLEANS – Families of loved ones detained at Jackson Parish Correctional Center in Jonesboro, Louisiana and LaSalle Correctional Center in Olla, Louisiana, two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) migrant prisons...

Reckless ICE Evacuation Procedures Put Immigrants Detained in Louisiana Facilities at Risk During Hurricane Laura

August 27, 2020

NEW ORLEANS – As Hurricane Laura barreled through Louisiana, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) never shared any emergency plans detailing how the agency would ensure the safety of the hundreds of immigrants in its custody...

Immigrant Rights Groups File Civil Rights Complaint Calling for a Halt and Investigation of Racist Practices at Louisiana ICE Prison

August 26, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – Following the peaceful protest of Black asylum seekers held at the Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center in Pine Prairie, Louisiana, the Cameroonian American Council (CAC), Freedom for Immigrants, ISLA Immigration...

Features and Stories

SPLC sues farm labor contractor for underpaying H-2A guest workers and threatening to deport them for speaking out

August 14, 2020

Liz Vinson

'The epitome of greed': Private Prison Corporation Asks Immigrants to Bear Cost of Their Detention

August 07, 2020

ATLANTA – Attorneys with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Perkins Coie LLP, Project South and the Law Office of Andrew R. Free today filed a motion to dismiss CoreCivic’s counterclaim against the plaintiffs in the forced...

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